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What if I told you that luck is a skill?

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Did you ever participate in the Global Day of Code Retreat?

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What itches of yours did you scratch building software?

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I always thought of helping and being helped as a transaction: I help you and get a token, or you help me and I spend a token. I was so wrong!

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Several months ago, I quit my job and went freelance. It was a mistake.

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Tiny code experiments are the best way to learn.

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How do you balance FOMO and imposter syndrome?

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I’m currently sweating under the sun in Portugal so I won’t ramble much this week.

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What have you been up to lately?

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How do you keep your knowledge fresh?

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When’s the last time you sent a thank you to a stranger on the internet?

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I tried to freelance on Upwork. It sucked.

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When you write TypeScript code, do you start from JavaScript or from static types?

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This week, I sent Alexis King the following message:

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Do you think in (static) types?

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You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill—you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember: all I’m offering is the truth. Nothing more.

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If you are a newcomer, find an excellent mentor and mimic them until you internalize stuff.

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I’m obsessed with specialization lately. And you should too.

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What do you do?

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What are your controversial takes?

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How do you make people grok type-thinking or type-driven-development?

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Want to learn type-level TypeScript tricks while helping me research content?

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I worked with an agency that charged clients for time and materials. I hated it. Every. Single. Hour.

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I only drink whisky to keep healthy with diabetes. No worries, doc!

~me (to medical doctors)

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Not me: How do I learn functional programming?

Me: Learn Elm.

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Ruby on Rails is such a good framework. There, I said it.

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What’s the programming language you hate the least?

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I’d love to hear your feedback about something I crafted: Thinking in TYPEScript—Tiny type-level tricks to kick asses (and runtime errors).

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Most of us can look the other way and ignore the news. This is privilege. Let’s not forget that.

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From Wikipedia (emphasis is mine)

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TypeScript. Oh, TypeScript.

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Let’s be honest, doing good enough is more difficult than doing great for people like us. There’s only one catch: doing great is more expensive.

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How many times have you coded the same stuff?

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I’m tired of Ruby.

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looks like no one cares about this repo and this project should just die and be deleted…

~ somebody in a GitHub issue

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Let’s be honest, you know little when starting a new project. And it has to be, otherwise it wouldn’t be new by definition.

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It’s 18:30 and I’ve been working since 10:00 on something that I estimated would take two hours.

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In this last PinkLetter of the year, I just wanted to thank you.

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What’s your favorite ice cream flavor?

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For an insulin-dependent diabetic like me, there are two things that really hurt: people who think they know better but don’t and the loneliness of struggling with something that is impossible to control (but can be managed).

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Would you be willing to give me a hand?

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What question do you answer in your commit messages?

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How do you keep yourself motivated to keep up with your habits?

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What do you think about the following fix I deployed this week?

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