Brett Codes @brett_codes

Software dev sharing what I learn along the way via screencasts and writing. Primarily focused on Ruby, Rust, TypeScript, the web, and game dev. code.brettchalupa.com Pennsylvania, US Joined September 2022

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Brett Codes @brett_codes

4 years ago

I always read `.isNaN()` as `isNaan()` when I see it 😋

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4 years ago

Dear open source maintainers: saying "thank you" and being kind when someone contributes to your project makes a big difference in their likelihood of wanting to contribute again in the future.

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4 years ago

My PR for adding the how to read from stdin in the Command Line Applications in Rust book just landed! 🎉 rust-cli.github.io/book/in-depth/…

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4 years ago

Really loved this thorough breakdown of the different types of technical docs that exist, plenty of great examples and analogies documentation.divio.com

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4 years ago

Today’s BCS ep: showing off an early Conventional Commits CLI, plus some thoughts on when Ruby shines and when it doesn’t youtube.com/watch?v=1BC753…

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4 years ago

Screencast on using RSpec’s shared example groups to DRY up specs youtu.be/mxBqxVYIxxI

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4 years ago

Game programming is appealing to me in that way. It’s centered around play and creativity. I love the idea of programming being a creative pursuit and not strictly a technical one.

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4 years ago

So pleased to see why’s poignant guide to Ruby is maintained and online. It was one of the first ways I learned Ruby. Browsing through it reminds/invigorates me that programming can be done for fun and experimenting and art. Not just for Business Goals. poignant.guide

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4 years ago

A colleague shared this Atkinson Hyperlegible font from the Braille Institute. I’m going to give it a go on some personal projects. brailleinstitute.org/freefont

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4 years ago

graphl-docs uses MiniTest, so I’ve been having to use it for the first time in a long time, and it’s quite nice! I’m able to be productive and express what I want with it. My takeaway: to a certain extent, what matters most is how you approach writing tests, not the lib.

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4 years ago

The default community style (from RuboCop, maybe others?) of putting the magic `# frozen_string_literal: true` comment at the top of every Ruby file is such an inelegant solution. I get what it does, I get why it does it, but it’s pretty silly.

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4 years ago

@yndajas That version is, yeah! I ended up switching to Ruby for faster prototyping though, where it loads from a config file and is a bit more fully featured: github.com/brettchalupa/b… I think the plan is to get it stable, figure out a better name, then port it to Rust for easy dist.

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4 years ago

Got an extremely simple version of concom working—a little CLI for more easily writing conventional commits. I want to make the types configurable and improve it a bit more.

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4 years ago

PR for introducing a CLI to graphql-docs! github.com/brettchalupa/g… Ruby’s OptionParser makes it really easy to write a CLI with lots of options without adding another dependency. 😌

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4 years ago

Dream project: strategy RPG (loosely) based on War & Peace with visual novel storytelling between battles.

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4 years ago

The experience of coding in TypeScript is such a significant improvement over Ruby and JavaScript that I can’t imagine starting a full stack web app in anything but it.