Stéphanie @stephdesby@sw-development-is.social

"The stereotype of programmers as antisocial
represents a fundamental misunderstanding of what the job is.

Programmers, but the nature of the job, need to dive into someone else's domain." That takes social skills.

@ericevans

📝 New blogpost: "Stop feeding the hype and start resisting" #ChatGPT #StochasticParrots #LanguageModels #HigherEducation #AIEthics https://irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2023/01/14/stop-feeding-the-hype-and-start-resisting/

@kevlin @cwebber described ChatGPT as Mansplaining As A Service, and honestly I can’t think of a better description. A service that instantly generates vaguely plausible sounding yet totally fabricated and baseless lectures in an instant with unflagging confidence in its own correctness on any topic, without concern, regard or even awareness of the level of expertise of its audience.

Why are ethics questions always like:
"is it ethical to steal bread to feed your starving family?"

And not:
"is it ethical to sell bread when families are starving?"

Sometimes taking care of the hard things is self care. Get them done and you'll free yourself of that stress.

.@janetgregoryca and I are starting the new year with a new @AgileTFellow blog post as well as the new video chat and the new newsletter! https://agiletestingfellow.com/blog/post/quality-different-perspectives

A form of resilience we don't talk enough about: Building systems such that people want to stay at your company.

That means:
- Managing burnout before it becomes *burnout*
- Developing meaningful goals as part of their career growth
- Continually assessing compensation
- Understanding that efficiency is brittle. Not every day/week/month is going to be another personal best in productivity

Every New Year I look forward to what @neilhimself will write in his blog (https://journal.neilgaiman.com/).
Here’s the one he wrote for 2021
💗 #NewYear #quotes

If you're a man moving to Mastodon, consider following more women and diverse people as you start afresh. It's not about being woke, it's just a great opportunity to open your world to more views that you can learn from. Intentionally following more women on twitter transformed my understanding of the world and corrected so many ignorant assumptions I had. Just a suggestion!

my favourite blogging trick is to write the headings so that they tell the story on their own. What's the most important idea? Put in the heading!

I don't see a lot of other people doing this, but IMO it makes blog posts a LOT easier to skim if the reader is busy

Some brief notes from the Agile Testing Days ➙ https://seasidetesting.com/2022/12/01/agile-testing-days-2022/
#agileTD

Seasonal reminder: Alcohol is a completely legal drug that destroys lives, relationships and families. Don't make it hard for people who are trying to stay sober to enjoy festivities and functions.

(The author of the image is https://www.madsahara.com/illustration/)

One of the most interesting things about teaching TDD is that I end up also teaching what many of us would consider programming basics, e.g., if your code doesn't compile or is unexpectedly failing tests, stop adding more code to it.

This seemingly obvious idea is something that many developers do not practise, struggling with its consequences on a daily basis.

Perhaps we need to spend more time helping people these 'invisible' practices and less on shiny tools, frameworks, etc.