#Tag · bonfire.cafe

I'm a software developer with 40 years' professional experience, lucky enough to be considering early retirement. I love writing code and don't want to stop. I'm keen to give something back and contribute to one or more open source projects.

The questions are, to what shall I contribute, and how do I get started?

My skills are mainly C++, having spent much of the past decade programmatically dismantling and reassembling Microsoft Office files. I'm quite happy to learn Rust or Go, but don't really like webby front-endy ux stuff.

Any suggestions for a worthy project to which I could contribute? Please boost if you can.

#SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareDev #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

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Thomas - NBA

@nobsagile@mastodon.social · last week

AI is a local optimization. Flow is a system property.

Right now, many organizations are celebrating faster code generation as if it were the same thing as faster value delivery. It isn’t. AI can reduce the time it takes to produce a unit of work. But producing work faster is not the same as moving value through a system faster.

A Thread 🧵

#Flow #SystemsThinking #FlowEconomics #SoftwareEngineering #AI

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Thomas - NBA

@nobsagile@mastodon.social · last week

AI is a local optimization. Flow is a system property.

A Thread 🧵

#Flow #SystemsThinking #FlowEconomics #SoftwareEngineering #AI

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Dave Robinson

@dave@europhiles.uk · last week

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Kerrick Long (code)

@kerrick@ruby.social · 2 weeks ago

Rooibos has a website! https://rooibos.run

#MVU #TheElmArchitecture #TEA #RatatuiRuby #TUI #TerminalUI #TerminalApps #Ruby #Programming #FunctionalProgramming #ModelViewUpdate #Software #SoftwareEngineering

$A screenshot of the Rooibos website. The header has a red cup of tea as a logo, with Rooibos and a navigation bar including "Get Started," "The Pattern," "Testing," "Ecosystem," "API ->," "Guides ->," and "Examples ->." The visible part of the webpage says: See it in action ## Hello, MVU The simplest Rooibos app. Press any key to increment the counter. Press Ctrl+C to quit. require "rooibos" module Counter # Init: How do you create the initial model? Init = -> { 0 } # View: What does the user see? View = -> (model, tui) { tui.paragraph(text: <<~END) } Current count: #{model}. Press any key to increment. Press Ctrl+C to quit. END # Update: What happens when things change? Update = -> (message, model) { if message.ctrl_c? Rooibos::Command.exit elsif message.key? model + 1 end } end Rooibos.run(Counter) That's the whole pattern: Model holds state, Init creates it, View renders it, and Update changes it. The runtime handles everything else. #### Get Started * Why Rooibos? * Installation * Ruby Primer * Quickstart * Tutorial: Build a File Browser #### Learn the Essentials * The MVU Pattern * Models & State * Messages * Update Functions * Views * Commands > 60 lines of code Build a Complete File Browser Navigate directories, open files, handle errors, style content, vim keybindings — all working.$

Kerrick Long (code)

@kerrick@ruby.social · 2 weeks ago

Rooibos has a website! https://rooibos.run

#MVU #TheElmArchitecture #TEA #RatatuiRuby #TUI #TerminalUI #TerminalApps #Ruby #Programming #FunctionalProgramming #ModelViewUpdate #Software #SoftwareEngineering

Jonathan Fernández

@jonathanf@toot.thoughtworks.com · 2 weeks ago

The next time you get a "new amazing idea," pause and think about:

- Who owns the maintenance?
- What is the actual operational overhead?
- How do we handle edge cases and exceptions?
- Where are the hidden costs?
- Who is on the hook for support and end-user tickets?

Ideas are free. Execution needs bandwidth, know-how, and budget.

Don't get frustrated or lose your passion just because the system can not afford implementing a good idea. Keep pushing.

#Management #SoftwareEngineering

Hubert Chathi and 1 other boosted

Cryspen

@cryspen@ioc.exchange · 3 weeks ago

🚀 We’re growing! Cryspen is hiring.

Are you passionate about high-assurance software or cutting-edge cryptography? We are looking for talented individuals to join our team and help us build the next generation of secure-by-design systems.

🔹 Compiler and Verification Tools Engineer
🔹 Cryptography Engineer

Join us in our mission to make the digital world more secure.

👉 Apply here: https://join.com/companies/cryspen

#Hiring #Cryptography #FormalVerification #SoftwareEngineering #TechJobs