Reposts from 30 January 2024

i'm being asked to "develop a career plan", why can't people just be as surprised as i am that i'm still alive and leave it at that

github tip: you can use "redirect.github.com" when referencing an issue/PR from another repo inside an issue/PR in your repo this will avoid your issue getting backlinked into the other repo's issue, reducing noise. example: "github.com/nodejs/node/6969" becomes: "redirect.github.com/nodejs/node/6969"

Attached: 1 image How it feels if you work in tech right now.

@BlackAzizAnansi@mas.to Companies will lay off half their staff before they admit that spending billions on real estate was a mistake

Even if you ignore everything else, all the theft and fraud and exploitation, all the waste, all the manipulation, all of it. Generative AI is still unreliable. I don't understand why people are so eager to use an unreliable tool. Like, yeah, I love those wobbly hammers! It makes no sense.

The plenary speakers for #StateOfOpenCon are up on the website - and, the whole schedule is packed with fantastic expertise. Exciting to be a liaison for all of these speakers! Some community tickets are available. https://stateofopencon.com