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I've been loop engineering for months... I published a video on YouTube yesterday telling you all about it and giving tips on how you can incorporate the most useful concepts into your workflow.
Kent C. Dodds š¹
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Kent C. Dodds š¹
@kentcdodds
Husband, 6x Dad, Latter-day Saint, Dev, Educator
š¹ EpicProduct.engineer
ā”ļø EpicAI.pro
š EpicWeb.dev
š EpicReact.dev
š TestingJavaScript.com
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00:00 - Replying to @kentcdoddsFor those of you who don't know, those are not characters that have a special font, those are actual mathematical characters that are being abused to make the text look like it has a special font in an effort to be "cute." The screen reader is doing its job correctly.
- Netflix: This video for your kids is 20 minutes. Me: But I need just a few more minutes to keep them occupied while I finish something... Netflix: Sorry. Me: document.querySelectorAll('video').forEach(v => v.playbackRate = 0.8) Netflix: Sssooouuunnndddsss gggoooddd.
- Replying to @kentcdoddsAnd for those using screen readers who understandably skipped or not understood the original tweet, here's what it says: You this it's cute to write your tweets and usernames this way. But have you listened to what it sounds like with assistive technologies like VoiceOver?
- Tonight I got t-boned by a guy running a stop sign in a residential area going 80-100 mph. The seatbelt broke my collar bone and the airbags broke my front teeth. The dashboard trapped my feet and knees in the car for 20 minutes while they ripped the top of the car off to get me.
- building doesnāt stop on sundays. what are you working on today?
- Replying to @kentcdoddsPlease do continue sharing and reminding people in the thread that empathy is important. This isn't about whether screen readers/twitter should be fixed. It's about what the experience of people is really like today and that by using characters like these you're harming people.
- Unless I'm teaching you JavaScript fundamentals, everything I teach will be taught with TypeScript going forward. TypeScript has won, and it's only a matter of time you're using it whether you like it or not.
- Using this feature has made a huge improvement to my ChatGPT experience. The answers it gives are so much more useful. Great feature add! Here are my custom instructions in case it helps/inspires you: My name is Kent C. Dodds. I live in Utah, USA. I'm an experienced Web
- I'm thrilled to announce that I'm moving into the next phase of my goal of making the world better by helping you create quality software: I am now the Director of Developer Experience at @remix_run!
- "If you take 30 minutes to do something that took you 10 years to learn, make sure you get paid for the 10 years and not the 30 minutes" - @therealjdash š #ReactConf2019
- Xfinity (1200 Mbps plan) on the left. Starlink (internet from space) on the right. WAT.
