Amitai Schleier schmonz@identi.ca
New York
[he/they] Software development coach. Itinerant programmer. Legacy code wrestler. agilein3minut.es podcaster. Musician. Bad poet (award-winning).
2019-12-02T11:58:38Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
To start your week, I bring you 7 tips for "How to start pair programming": https://schmonz.com/2019/12/01/how-to-start-pair-programming/ #PairWithMe #MobProgramming #coaching2019-11-26T01:58:34Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
When the International Rachmaninoff Conference asked me to play #Medtner, it had been a long time since I’d performed. Then my piano teacher said “You love this music. Give them a chance to love it too.” So I made one of the best decisions I’ll ever make. https://youtu.be/Dt7xzgkIQR42019-11-21T20:51:44Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
A couple years ago, Adi Bolboacă and I remote-paired on "Trivia" #LegacyCode in Perl. Now you can watch how we coped with frustrating network conditions and employed the "modulino" technique to get code under test. Enjoy(?)!https://schmonz.com/talk/20191121-adibolb-codecast/#PairWithMe #LegacyCodeRocks2019-11-19T21:00:28Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
Energized by #GDCR19 giving you several new points of view on a seemingly small problem? You might enjoy the payoff from the larger investment of going on #CodingTour. Happy to chat about what it's like and how you can make it happen. https://schmonz.com/2019/11/19/manhattan-november-2019-global-day-of-coderetreat/2019-11-19T15:28:58Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
Quiet day alone at home. Have been needing this. Also needing to use it well. Therefore, it starts not only with coffee but also with #Medtner.2019-11-09T21:13:08Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
T: “Wanna see the old house, where Haskell lives.”
Me: “He’s not alive anymore, so even if we go there we won’t see him. Do you miss Haskell?”
T: “Yeah. Take the old car?”
Me: “The old car isn’t alive anymore either. Sorry, buddy.”2019-11-08T12:51:20Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
NYC #dev, come play with code and #TDD and #PairWithMe a week from tomorrow — free! — at Global Day of Code Retreat #gdcr19. To register: https://schmonz.com/talk/2019-gdcr/2019-10-25T13:51:09Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
For my #Patreon peeps, it’s been a quiet couple months. But I’ve gotten more done than I realized, and am about to get back in a rhythm. Supporting my efforts is an investment in the open-source commons — thank you! https://www.patreon.com/posts/31034386 #notqmail #ikiwiki #pkgsrc2019-10-18T16:39:37Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
"When I start, the problem or domain is not dear to me. But I'm a human person, I'm social, I'm a member of the ape family. Once I see why you care about something, I'll begin to care about it too." https://schmonz.com/talk/20191018-accidental-engineer/#dev #coaching #tdd #ci #xp2019-10-17T01:52:35Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
SCENE: Getting kid ready for bed."Here's your Paw Patrol shirt," I say."Paw Pashirt," he says.He looks off into the distance."That's a funny word," he continues.My work here is done, folks.2019-10-14T14:45:09Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
NYC peeps interested in Global Day of Code Retreat, it’s being worked on. Stay tuned. #gdcr20192019-10-11T21:28:53Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
"It was never any sort of coherent plan, but it seems to be coming together anyway." https://schmonz.com/2019/10/11/now/2019-09-21T19:05:57Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
Someone running notqmail on NetBSD/evbarm64 took the time to write: "I wanted to express my gratitude to schmonz for his remarkable work in patching, modernizing and cleaning up qmail, with particular regard for his acceptutils/rejectutils… very straightforward."Day made :-)2019-09-08T23:29:21Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
Been practicing this #Medtner: https://youtu.be/sLBWEeAFPRQ2019-09-04T19:34:17Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
notqmail 1.07 shipped two weeks ago. We immediately got to work on what will become 1.08.
Already merged: https://github.com/notqmail/notqmail/wiki/notqmail-1.08
Coming soon: https://github.com/notqmail/notqmail/wiki/Roadmap#108Ben Sturmfels likes this.
2019-08-20T15:26:52Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
Announcing the initial 1.07 release of notqmail, a community-driven fork of #qmail that begins where netqmail left off: https://notqmail.org/1.07Themes for this release:- Fix broken builds (FreeBSD, macOS)- Make packaging easierI'm proud to be one of several developers bringing this valuable #LegacyCode back to life. Here's my personal blog post telling this first chapter in the story of notqmail: https://schmonz.com/2019/08/20/announcing-notqmail/#smtp #LegacyCodeRocks #c #dev #pkgsrcBen Sturmfels likes this.
2019-08-12T18:52:36Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
In my triumphant(?) return to Developer on Fire:
- relearning how to learn from a kid
- relearning how to work w/an extraordinary teammate
- gaining self-awareness via unusual feedback
- White Dude’s Guide To Inclusion
- being more effective together
https://schmonz.com/talk/20190812-developer-on-fire/Ben Sturmfels likes this.
Ooop - there's a broken link "Developer on Fire" on that blog post.
Thanks, I'll have to check out this podcast!
Fixed, thanks!2019-08-12T01:31:22Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
How did I first get a clue about #coaching?Mainly, dinnertime conversation with the primary author of "Is Female Visual Signaling to Male Song Socially Regulated in Brown‐headed Cowbirds?" and "Transitivity Types Predict Communicative Abilities in Infants at Risk of Autism".Bibliography:- 2014 cowbird paper (sadly paywalled): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/eth.12341- 2019 autism paper (out last week, full text available): https://www.exeley.com/journal_of_social_structure/doi/10.21307/joss-2019-009
