Yet Another Newsletter LOL: Speed Whale!
Another week, another newsletter. Let’s get to it!
Around the Web
A great writeup from my old colleague Vaidehi Joshi
An interesting read about an Uber Eats glitch that allowed folks to order free food
As it’s been ~3 years, figured I’ll answer “What caused the Uber Eats glitch that allowed ordering free food for a weekend in India?”
— Gergely Orosz (@GergelyOrosz) March 13, 2022
This was an outage on my watch. Given Quora is paywalled - can’t post the answer w/o a sub - here’s the story on idempotency & breaking changes: pic.twitter.com/N6o4zETavF
Fun Stuff
How do some tech companies refer to their staff? Here are a few:
— Gergely Orosz (@GergelyOrosz) March 14, 2022
Googler (Noogler when new at the company)
Amazonian
Micosoftie / Softie
Hubber (GH)
Tweep
Shopifolk
Lyfter
nUber (when new)
TikToker
Mozillan
Boxer
Zillowite
Wayfarian
Expedian
Zoomie
Okatanaut
Mironeer
Words of Wisdom for the Week
I love this. Been coding for cash for 30 years and I learn new stuff from early in career folks EVERY WEEK. Old just means I’m still here and I’m experienced. It doesn’t mean I don’t learn constantly from my awesome coworkers! https://t.co/iy49Ya0R1r
— Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) March 19, 2022
Shameless plugs
Stacie Taylor joins me on my last DEV Twitch stream. We’ll discuss all things The Collab Lab. Pop by and say hi!
Our next DEV Twitch stream with @nickytonline will be next Tuesday, 3/22 at 1 pm ET / 5 pm UTC. Join Nick for a conversation with @the_real_stacie, Co-founder of @_collab_lab and Engineering Team Lead at Zapier ⚡#DEVCommunity https://t.co/wX5iuSCOEV
— DEV Community 👩💻👨💻 (@ThePracticalDev) March 18, 2022
Some big news…
Next week is my last week @forem/@thepracticaldev. It’s been an amazing 2.25 years working with awesome people.
— Nick Taylor (@nickytonline) March 18, 2022
Thanks, PBJ and the whole crew! New things are on the horizon. Stay tuned! pic.twitter.com/wzRdS9B4z4