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Ben Fox

@BenjaminWFox

software engineer he/him

 Seattle, WA
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Joined October 2019
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The voting is open! If you submitted a #js13k 2023 entry, cast your vote. If not - you can still give constructive feedback to fellow devs, please do so! Voting app: dev.js13kgames.com Blog post: medium.com/js13kgames/voting… #gamedevjs #gamedev #gamejam #indiedev #JavaScript
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Check out Khan - Westward Conquest - #js13k entry by @benjaminwfox for the @js13kGames 2023 competition! js13kgames.com/entries/khan-…
Khan - Westward Conquest

Khan - Westward Conquest

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Dayum anyone else just see a massive meteor or something flaming out orange and green over Seattle above Magnolia?
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⚠️ Be sure to check your kid's candy this year! ⚠️ Just found a bloated 5.8 MB JavaScript bundle in this Reese's! 😱
Oh the horror! A cross-section of a Reese's peanut butter cup that includes a treemap of a bloated JavaScript bundle. Remember: the baseline browser supports ESM and all modern JavaScript features. Polyfills should only be shipped to legacy browsers and definitely not candy.

ALT Oh the horror! A cross-section of a Reese's peanut butter cup that includes a treemap of a bloated JavaScript bundle. Remember: the baseline browser supports ESM and all modern JavaScript features. Polyfills should only be shipped to legacy browsers and definitely not candy.

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When it comes to git repositories (particularly where you have multiple people working on them), which branching strategy do you prefer to use? I'm curious to see how people work and their thoughts!
22%Git flow
32%GitHub flow
39%Trunk-based development
7%Other (please comment)
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As a developer do you take notes in meetings? What tools & strategies do you use that help with effective note taking? Plz help I'm really not good at it 🤣 #techtwitter #softwaredevelopment
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Are there any NFT projects anywhere that don't rely on either: A) scarcity B) tokenomics/staking C) resale markets I have a project idea involving NFTs, but every NFT project I've seen to date is unappealing to me for those reasons, and I'd be curious to see outliers.
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Today was my last day w/ the company I've been at for the last 2.5 years. That's the longest I've been with one company in 15 years in tech.
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Why use Prettier if I already use ESLint? I see *a lot* of people suggest this, but ESLint does all the auto-format on save that I've ever needed. Am I just not opinionated enough about little stylistic things? @PrettierCode @geteslint #webdevelopment
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but the shortcut to open Emoji on Windows is: Win + .
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me: *cursing the dev that wrote this horrid ternary statement* also me: *writing a ~really slick~ ternary statement a week ago*
A good list of skills senior engineers need, beyond coding by @skamille: bit.ly/srenglist
For varying levels of seniority, from senior, to staff, and beyond. How to run a meeting, and no, being the person who talks the most in the meeting is not the same thing as running it How to write a design doc, take feedback, and drive it to resolution, in a reasonable period of time How to mentor an early-career teammate, a mid-career engineer, a new manager who needs technical advice How to indulge a senior manager who wants to talk about technical stuff that they don’t really understand, without rolling your eyes or making them feel stupid How to explain a technical concept behind closed doors to a senior person too embarrassed to openly admit that they don’t understand it How to influence another team to use your solution instead of writing their own How to get another engineer to do something for you by asking for help in a way that makes them feel appreciated

ALT For varying levels of seniority, from senior, to staff, and beyond. How to run a meeting, and no, being the person who talks the most in the meeting is not the same thing as running it How to write a design doc, take feedback, and drive it to resolution, in a reasonable period of time How to mentor an early-career teammate, a mid-career engineer, a new manager who needs technical advice How to indulge a senior manager who wants to talk about technical stuff that they don’t really understand, without rolling your eyes or making them feel stupid How to explain a technical concept behind closed doors to a senior person too embarrassed to openly admit that they don’t understand it How to influence another team to use your solution instead of writing their own How to get another engineer to do something for you by asking for help in a way that makes them feel appreciated

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What are the various areas & systems to observe when taking a holistic view of web performance? - UI - Content Delivery - API/Backend Services - ??? What else?! #webdevelopment #webperformance #webdev
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TIL the JSON.Stringify "replacer" arg, great for stringifying circular objects. Tree nodes with parent references, for example: const node = { data: "" left: {} right: {} parent: {} } Omit the parent reference with: JSON.stringify(node, ['data', 'left', 'right'])
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It's really obvious you weren't actually present in that 30 minute meeting when the second 30 minutes of the recording is just you sitting there.
As a frontend developer do you ever think about the time complexity of different JavaScript operations? Like Array.pop() vs Array.shift() It's good learning but I can't think of real frontend scenarios where there's enough data manipulation that it makes much difference.
Feeling really good today that Okta's plans and pricing were too complicated for me to understand, so went with something else.
Ahh, yah, busy today. Maybe talk tomorrow?
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These are "true" reasons, but a "truer" reason is likely that some core values you hold are at odds with stuff happening at work. If you don't identify this dissonance, you're not going to be setting yourself up for success in future roles.
Sunil Kumar | Freelancing Tips (@sunilc_) profile pictureSunil Kumar | Freelancing Tips@sunilc_16 Mar 2022
You don't like your current job? It could be because: - you're underpaid - work is hectic - you don't like the work - you don't like your boss Change your job by doing these: - prepare for 2-3 months - be focused - believe in yourself - don't give up even after rejections
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drew@Andevrs16 Mar 2022
Developers: how important is it to you to be passionate about the technology/language you're using?
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