Jim Breen @jimbreen

Software developer Chicago, IL Joined August 2007

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Jim Breen @jimbreen

4 years ago

Hats off to the State of Iowa for a refreshingly clean license plate design. It is so good compared to the visual mess on most states’ plates. ⁦@ILSecOfState⁩ please realize how outclassed you are and fix it.

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Jim Breen @jimbreen

4 years ago

Blueberries never seem as good at home as they look at the farmers market or the store.

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Greg Molnar @GregMolnar

4 years ago

Did you know that you can create a single-file Rails application? You shouldn't unless you are experimenting with something, but here is how it can be done: 🧵 👇

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Jim Breen @jimbreen

4 years ago

I may have already known this, but it so obviously influenced @RealGeneKim's The Phoenix Project, both in style and subject matter. Both are worth reading for insights into improving software delivery.

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Jim Breen @jimbreen

4 years ago

Just finished reading Goldratt's "The Goal", which I'd been aware of but only started reading upon finding it in a free book bin while walking the neighborhood. It's a fun and effective intro to Theory of Constraints ideas, despite being fictionally awkward at times.

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Jim Breen @jimbreen

4 years ago

But I think an obsession with the number of services is misguided. What pain is the current architecture causing, how can that be measured, and what are the options for reducing it? If the goal is just fewer services, you'll get that...along with the familiar monolith issues.

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Jim Breen @jimbreen

4 years ago

In "How Things will Change in a Tech Downturn" @thecloudcastnet predicts that we'll see cyclical changes such as suggestions to prefer centralized apps over microservices. I've already seen corporate leadership focus on reducing service counts. buzzsprout.com/3195/10815243-…

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Jim Breen @jimbreen

4 years ago

Another good data mesh episode on the Streaming Audio podcast. overcast.fm/+NnQppBHqo

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Jim Breen @jimbreen

4 years ago

Real interesting point made here that prior to the early computing era and its very high-cost storage, humans naturally recorded data in event logs, e.g. ledgers and ships’ logs. Storing only the latest state was a cost optimization. overcast.fm/+NnQoDwlHU

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Jessica Kerr @jessitron

6 years ago

I don’t wanna “build software” so much as build understanding and express it in software.

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Jim Breen @jimbreen

6 years ago

@MattLamberti mission accepted

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Jim Breen @jimbreen

6 years ago

Unexpectedly really enjoyed this Tim Ferriss interview with Hugh Jackman. overcast.fm/+KebtW2Fng

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Paw @luckymarmot

6 years ago

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Jim Breen @jimbreen

6 years ago

#PassTheMic with Troy LaRaviere: A Course on Dismantling Racism groupon.com/articles/disma…

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Jim Breen @jimbreen

6 years ago

@ktaylor What tool are you moving to, @ktaylor?

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Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday

8 years ago

You’ll have far better luck toughening yourself up than you ever will trying to take the teeth out of a world that is—at best—indifferent to your existence.