Robert Roskam / is on Nostr

Deliberately eclectic.

I like making stuff with code and getting people to come along with me. Making stuff with friends is more fun.

I tend to write stuff in #python and #nuxt #vue these days with bits of #go / #rust / #flutter / #dart tossed in. I’ve done my share of #React #nextjs too.

Engineer and Manager at http://pantheon.io

website: https://robertroskam.com

Last Notes

2024-07-14 11:55:14

You get to talk to yourself 10 years from now.
You ask for help.
What problem do you bring to Future you?

2024-07-07 02:17:31

"Truths" people believe about meetings:
- The agenda will be followed
- The meeting won't go long (or short)
- There will be no need for a follow-up meeting
- Everyone will come prepared
- Only the necessary people will invited
- Everyone (else) is listening 100% of the time
- Every meeting is necessary

2024-06-29 11:55:47

The 100x engineering org formula for annual reviews:
Every engineer will have a 24-hour LeetCode hack day to complete the most questions.
Failure to solve at least 1 will result in termination.
Then retitle everyone according to where they fall on the curve:
0-30%: "Jr Engineer"
30-60% "Engineer"
60-90%: Senior
90-99%: Staff
Top 1%: Principal
The #1 performer is automatically the new CTO.
Oh & put the bottom 10% on a pip.
Meritocracy at its purest.
#CareerEndingAdvice

2024-06-06 22:00:14

How do you pronounce www?

2024-06-03 22:17:22

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😑😐😑

2024-06-03 22:01:01

How do you pronounce jwt?

2024-06-03 01:21:54

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🤣🤣🤣
I should have known that someone was going to bring up relativistic time dilation.
It's just a mouthful to say something like "given each CPU's reference frame is shared over short periods of time (< 1 hour), they will all wait at the same speed."

2024-06-03 00:41:11

Every CPU waits at the same speed.

2024-05-31 15:14:13

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Panama rec-center

2024-05-30 20:38:36

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your credit score is a measure of how predictable you are with debt.

2024-05-21 23:43:57

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I really like this take.
I’d might add a sense for arrays, hashmaps, and structs.
I also know the purely function crowd will add recursion, but I frankly think that’s a bridge too far.

2024-05-21 23:40:23

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A single tear?

2024-05-21 23:00:58

Coders of all kinds, I have a question.
What is the minimal amount for someone to "know how to code"?

2024-05-14 02:47:55

The Entropy Death of Software: A theory - all software systems get progressively changed until the cost to change them becomes too high, and then they're touched as little as possible, causing them to race towards being very expensive to change.
Eventually, they're left in place, and treated like an appliance you need to switch off and on every once in a while to get working again, like the office fax machine.

2024-03-23 23:37:10

After applying for a job, have you ever stopped the process before because of something? What was that thing?