Aaron Parecki

HTTP status codes as emoji .. this might be a good idea?

- 200 👍
- 201 🆕
- 301 👉
- 400 👎
- 401 🔒
- 402 💰
- 403 🚫
- 404 🤷‍♂️
- 408 ⌛️
- 410 💨
- 418 🍵
- 500 💩

Just use a <dvi> tag.

It would also be possible to make a USB C device that doesn't work until you've flipped it around a couple times. For nostalgia's sake.

Someone on IRC points out that since USB-C connectors can detect their orientation, it would be possible to make a double-sided USB flash disk

Label it "Side A" vs "Side B"

Why are programming errors and disease causing agents both colloquially known as "bugs"?

Because when the first programmer caught a cold, she was a sick Ada.

🐛

We're gonna have to retire the expression "avoid it like the plague" because it turns out humans do not do that

Quick, do the tour before you sell something! Gary’s new challenge: to shoot a video about his studio, edit and release it BEFORE selling any piece of it. Go!!

Anarchy is literally just the word monarchy but with mono- replaced with a- because centralized power structures are a no no, decentralize that shit

Took me like 7 years to realize #10. Firing those clients felt so good.

tech bros in code reviews foam at the mouth about naming variables concisely and accurately but in any discussion about exclusionary language pull out the "they're just WORDS who CARES"

tech bros will fight to the death over tabs vs spaces, frameworks, and their favorite OS but can't make a statement against racism because it's "too political" or "too divisive"

Omg stop don't summon the blockchain bros here 💀

This might be the happiest I've ever been with my studio setup and workflow.

I'm telling you if you want to grow on YouTube you have to be willing to invest in your process over everything else.

It takes seconds for me to now start making a video. SUUUPER worth it.

i predict that github will introduce a feature that lets you rename your master branch to main and when they do that a bunch of people who don't have github accounts will post about closing their github accounts

the ppl who complain about ppl being too sensitive sure are sensitive about silly things

what if we use our taxes for universal healthcare and free college and then we can do a gofundme for the police if an emergency comes up

You can literally scan a check from your phone and have money deposited right into your checking account and you mean to tell me our voting system is just gonna stay outdated and raggedy forever? That’s not by mistake

One of the nicest, most sensative people I ever met was @kmikeym

Seeing this sort of analysis of his life is awkard.

Can we please not burn witches until we understand the magic they are practicing.

People are asking if we get rid of the police what will we do with rapists and it’s like, hopefully stop letting them be the president???