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gonzofish

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gonzofish··on An abandoned cabinet full of Kodachrome slides in San Francisco
That was my first thought ok. I thought I was looking at the reflecting pool at the Washington monument or something. I’m completely in awe of the size of that pool.

It actually is closer to the reflecting pool than an Olympic pool

- Olympic pool: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic-size_swimming_pool - Reflecting pool: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial_Reflecting_... - Fleishhacker pool: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleishhacker_Pool

gonzofish··on Don't use Tailwind for a design system (2021)
I’ve liked the CUBE methodology since I first saw it. It takes all the ideas of these utility classes, but combines it with a BEM-lite approach to work with the cascade, not against it.

https://cube.fyi

gonzofish··on Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O
So why wasn't the person who released the internal memo fired? I don't agree with the memo's author, but it was an internal memo, not something released to the wild
gonzofish··on Making the Most of the JavaScript Language (2016)
JS has some seriously rough edges, but I love it because I adhere to a lot of what the article preaches. I never end up with any gotchas because I use the "right" parts of the language.
gonzofish··on Summer Reading List
Nexus was an awesome read, haven't started book 2, but it's free for Kindle & Prime users
gonzofish··on We’ll Never Know Whether Monorepos Are Better
I think that productivity is a tough thing to measure...yes there are metrics, but do any of them give an accurate picture of productivity? What do you think is an accurate measure of productivity?
gonzofish··on Ask HN: What language-agnostic programming books should I read?
I feel that books like Clean Coder should be recommended reading for people in their first job. I really feel like it made me think about how I do my job in a more professional, quality-focused manner than even Clean Code did.
gonzofish··on CockroachDB 1.0
I think the fact that the name isn't milquetoast is a huge bonus. People are caught off guard by the name, which gets them thinking about it.

I think the dismissal that business people won't look at it because of the name is purely opinion-based. But what do I know?

gonzofish··on Ask HN: How did you grow from 100 to 1,000 users?
Seems like the answer is always to grind it out. I commend anyone who has put in the work to succeed.