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TOC Worldwide@TOCWorldwide5 Oct 2017

Terminals today are looking for opportunities to optimize their operations - Join @moffattnichol at #TOCAmericas >goo.gl/2eyxLC

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@mtnygard3 Oct 2017

Centralizing for efficiency creates fragility in the system. Decentralizing for resilience creates inertia that resists needed change.

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@jessitron10 Jul 2017

Our industry ain't perfect, but it is amazing. Working in tech has been the sweetest part of life and I have a sweet life.

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Alexandre Freire@freire_da_silva28 Jul 2016

Never trust a test you haven't seen fail.

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@starbuxman31 May 2017

Dont use blocking clients if you have a reactive backend. I call that the reactive mullet: boring in the front, party in the back.

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@ThePracticalDev10 May 2017

Replying to @ThePracticalDev @mistermocha

We rarely describe these concepts in such simple terms. Good job.

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kief.yml@kief27 Mar 2017

Rather than "fail fast", let's say "fail small". The point is avoid letting risk pile up until failure becomes a catastrophic event.

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@ThePracticalDev13 Apr 2017

2 unit tests. 0 integration tests.

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Michael Feathers

@mfeathers16 Jan 2017

The lesson of technical debt awareness is - learning how to work without getting in your future's way.

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Sam Newman@samnewman8 Dec 2016

. @caitie on why full blown end-to-end tests might might not be the best use if your time @ #yow Sydney

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@iamdevloper10 Nov 2016

being handed a legacy codebase you have no idea about

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Crux Systems, A Flexport Company@CruxSystems26 Oct 2016

Autonomous truck makes first commercial delivery shar.es/1EV8an via @sharethis

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@ValaAfshar18 Oct 2016

Many times experts fail because they're experts in the past version of the world. —@vkhosla #GartnerSYM #CIO

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JavaOne@JavaOne21 Sep 2016

Live from #JavaOne 10:00 am - Cross-Functional Code Reviews ora.cl/Ep7u

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Shawn McKinney@shawnmckinney18 Sep 2016

I don't know how many times the solution for that difficult bug or feature came after almost having given up on it entirely. #NeverGiveUp

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Kalmar@Kalmarglobal6 Sep 2016

Imagine a container port that can go without a drop of fuel. To prove it can be done, we created a virtual terminal bit.ly/2c1ZagJ – at Sydney, New South Wales

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Venkat Subramaniam@venkat_s13 Jun 2016

It's not our capability to plan meticulously that matters but it’s our ability and willingness to change and adapt.

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@hmason10 Oct 2014

TIL that the phrase software "patch" is from a physical patch applied to Mark 1 paper tape to modify the program.

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James W Grenning

@jwgrenning13 May 2016

Here’e my week. Monday top developers think TDD is wrong and won’t work for them. Friday they are coaching their co-workers

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Computer Science

@CompSciFact12 May 2016

Number one mistake in TDD: Underestimating how effective trivial tests can be in catching bugs.

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