dhh – walker – 2022-08

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We're hiring several SREs (junior, mid, and senior levels) and two iOS developers (mid and senior) @37signals. Fully remote positions. Salary up to $199,823 wherever you live. https://37signals.com/jobs

dhh twitter · 2022-08-31

We're hiring several SREs (junior, mid, and senior levels) and two iOS developers (mid and senior) @37signals. Fully remote positions. Salar

Don't keep all your digital services with one company

dhh blog · 2022-08-29

The crazy case of the father from San Francisco who lost all his email, contacts, pictures, apps, and phone number – everything else connect

Cultural intuition

dhh blog · 2022-08-23

We can't write down everything that factors into the conduct of the business. There simply isn't the time or the foresight available to care

dhh pushed to main in hotwired/turbo

dhh github · 2022-08-23

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"These mission statements involve no trade-offs, and thus offer no guidance. A mission statement that actually said 'fuck the customers, we strive for mediocrity, and this is all about the short term'? Now that would be worth printing." https://world.hey.com/dhh/mission-statements-are-worse-than-worthless-8bce03f9

dhh twitter · 2022-08-23

"These mission statements involve no trade-offs, and thus offer no guidance. A mission statement that actually said 'fuck the customers, we

"When you let something slide, you're not saying it won't ever be important. You're simply saying 'this isn't worth dealing with right now'. So stop apologizing for the deliberate act of letting it slide. Embrace it with gusto." https://world.hey.com/dhh/let-it-slide-9e40f11a

dhh twitter · 2022-08-22

"When you let something slide, you're not saying it won't ever be important. You're simply saying 'this isn't worth dealing with right now'.

Mission statements are worse than worthless

dhh blog · 2022-08-22

I'm sure it's theoretically possible to write a mission statement that actually says something and actually matters. Just like it's theoreti

"We have taken religion, with its innate possibility for sectarian conflict, and fed it through a polarization machine. No wonder that today’s politics can feel like a wasteland of anguished ranting—and like we are in hell already." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/08/social-justice-new-religion/671172/

dhh twitter · 2022-08-19

"We have taken religion, with its innate possibility for sectarian conflict, and fed it through a polarization machine. No wonder that today

"You have to cultivate an allergy to hard problems. Develop a higher sensitivity to the cumbersome. Park the part of the ego that thrives on doing hard things as a point of pride. This is deeply unnatural to most ambitious, creative, and diligent people." https://world.hey.com/dhh/try-hard-not-to-solve-hard-problems-9e6550a2

dhh twitter · 2022-08-18

"You have to cultivate an allergy to hard problems. Develop a higher sensitivity to the cumbersome. Park the part of the ego that thrives on

RT by @dhh: Now you can organize emails you’ve Set Aside into groups at the top of the list. Groups are a great way to keep track of bills-to-pay, confirmations for your upcoming trip, or receipts for your expense report — just drag and drop!

dhh twitter · 2022-08-17

Now you can organize emails you’ve Set Aside into groups at the top of the list. Groups are a great way to keep track of bills-to-pay, con

"Det kræver dog først en forståelse for og interesse i at gøre Danmark til et attraktivt land at vende hjem til, hvis man nu skulle være så uforskammet at forelske sig i en partner på eventyr uden for Europas union." https://finans.dk/debat/ECE14297157/hjemvendt-dansk-erhvervsmand-derfor-bliver-kufferterne-maaske-pakket-igen/

dhh twitter · 2022-08-17

"Det kræver dog først en forståelse for og interesse i at gøre Danmark til et attraktivt land at vende hjem til, hvis man nu skulle vær

Let it slide

dhh blog · 2022-08-17

No matter the size of the business, there'll always be an unlimited number of tasks left to do, processes left to improve, and contingencies

Try hard not to solve hard problems

dhh blog · 2022-08-16

You don't have to solve the majority of hard problems you encounter in either business, design, or programming. Almost all of them can be re

dhh pushed to main in hotwired/turbo

dhh github · 2022-08-16

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dhh pushed to main in hotwired/turbo

dhh github · 2022-08-16

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"Newport is right to note that escaping the phone addiction takes more than just a quick or clever hack. You have to replace the time spent using the phone with better alternatives, but this is a help and a start." https://world.hey.com/dhh/turning-the-phone-into-a-tool-again-ba520bd0

dhh twitter · 2022-08-15

"Newport is right to note that escaping the phone addiction takes more than just a quick or clever hack. You have to replace the time spent

dhh commented on pull request hotwired/turbo-rails#323

dhh github · 2022-08-12

Sometimes you just want to add content "anywhere" on the page: Common for adding modals/tooltips with absolute/fixed position Stimulus cont

dhh pushed to main in hotwired/turbo-rails

dhh github · 2022-08-12

Use Turbo in your Ruby on Rails app. Contribute to hotwired/turbo-rails development by creating an account on GitHub.

dhh merged a pull request in hotwired/turbo-rails

dhh github · 2022-08-12

Browsers do not handle <form> element submissions with a [method] value other than get or post. This also applies to <form> elements submitt

dhh pushed to main in hotwired/turbo

dhh github · 2022-08-11

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dhh pushed to main in hotwired/turbo

dhh github · 2022-08-11

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dhh pushed to main in hotwired/turbo

dhh github · 2022-08-11

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dhh pushed to main in hotwired/turbo

dhh github · 2022-08-11

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Turning the phone into a tool again

dhh blog · 2022-08-10

I've been keen to use my phone less for a long time. So on a recent holiday, I banished it completely for a week, while reading Digital Mini

"37signals is looking for a Customer Support Representative. We're only looking for candidates who live in the Asia-Pacific region. The starting annual salary is $70,000 USD. This is a fully remote job. We'll be accepting applications until August 22nd." https://apply.workable.com/37signals/j/ED1EF76C44/

dhh twitter · 2022-08-09

"37signals is looking for a Customer Support Representative. We're only looking for candidates who live in the Asia-Pacific region. The star

"Each person I spoke with alluded to fear that their job would be in danger if their coworkers knew what they really believed. The path forward, many of them emphasized, is simply for their companies to get back to work." https://www.piratewires.com/p/hostile-environment-techs-dei-disaster

dhh twitter · 2022-08-08

"Each person I spoke with alluded to fear that their job would be in danger if their coworkers knew what they really believed. The path forw

dhh pushed to main in hotwired/turbo

dhh github · 2022-08-08

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"The human pieces that don't fit into your puzzle will complete someone else's. If you refuse to let go of a piece that doesn't fit on your end, you're keeping someone else from making theirs. Besides, nobody wants to be the piece that doesn't fit." https://world.hey.com/dhh/i-can-t-save-you-nobody-can-2ddba79d?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

dhh twitter · 2022-08-08

"The human pieces that don't fit into your puzzle will complete someone else's. If you refuse to let go of a piece that doesn't fit on your

Stay with the pain, don't shut this out

dhh blog · 2022-08-08

"Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing", intones Tyler Durden in Fight Club, as his alter-ego is screaming from the chemica

dhh pushed to main in hotwired/turbo

dhh github · 2022-08-05

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dhh pushed to main in hotwired/turbo

dhh github · 2022-08-05

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I can't save you, nobody can

dhh blog · 2022-08-05

In the two decades I've been managing people, there's never been a termination that didn't sting. Acting on the knowledge that someone isn't

dhh pushed to main in hotwired/turbo

dhh github · 2022-08-04

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dhh pushed to turbo-7-2-0 in hotwired/turbo-rails

dhh github · 2022-08-03

Use Turbo in your Ruby on Rails app. Contribute to hotwired/turbo-rails development by creating an account on GitHub.

dhh pushed to main in hotwired/turbo

dhh github · 2022-08-03

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dhh pushed to main in hotwired/turbo

dhh github · 2022-08-03

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dhh pushed to main in hotwired/turbo

dhh github · 2022-08-03

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dhh pushed to main in hotwired/turbo

dhh github · 2022-08-03

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dhh pushed to main in hotwired/turbo-rails

dhh github · 2022-08-02

Use Turbo in your Ruby on Rails app. Contribute to hotwired/turbo-rails development by creating an account on GitHub.

dhh merged a pull request in hotwired/turbo-rails

dhh github · 2022-08-02

Make turbo_test.rb with Rails' generated test_helper.rb Something in the test suite configuration is preventing the database from being wip

"I can go for three weeks just diving deep on a programming issue, and come out bubbling with energy. If I try to do three weeks just filled with meetings and interruptions, I’m about ready to jump off a bridge." https://www.rework.fm/interruption-is-the-enemy-of-productivity/

dhh twitter · 2022-08-02

"I can go for three weeks just diving deep on a programming issue, and come out bubbling with energy. If I try to do three weeks just filled

dhh pushed to main in hotwired/turbo

dhh github · 2022-08-01

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A way out of the danger zone

dhh blog · 2022-08-01

The new Top Gun has everything America needs right now: Confident, competent, and charismatic execution. It has premiered at a time when eve

dhh pushed to main in hotwired/turbo

dhh github · 2022-08-01

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dhh pushed to main in hotwired/turbo

dhh github · 2022-08-01

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"There was no plan, good or bad. No road map, well designed or not. No projection, accurate or off. And all you see is the consequence of actions taken without foresight according to the needs of the moment by people living in the present." https://world.hey.com/dhh/there-is-no-iceberg-d34f45bb

dhh twitter · 2022-08-01

"There was no plan, good or bad. No road map, well designed or not. No projection, accurate or off. And all you see is the consequence of ac