Shared today on Twitter

RT @SydTechLeaders: Our Code Of Conduct has been published: https://t.co/veY4cKFvhF


@gilmae Fingers are too fat for detailed touchscreen penmanship. 😂


Great lessons about breaking up a monolith and rebuilding in Elixir from @jocranford. #ylj18 https://t.co/KuR0hP31Vc


RT @unixbigot: Drawback of using a new language, says @jocranford, some programmers are unfamiliar with solving problems for which the answ…


One of the devs on the team said Logger was the best logging tool he’d ever used, “and he’s normally not that effusive, so that’s saying a lot!” @jocranford #ylj18 https://t.co/QtUYgPDk0u


@etymon Missed opportunity for 🐍 emoji!


RT @Xavier_Ho: What is amazing about @YOWLambdaJam is that every talk so far has been in a different programming language. And we speak the…


I was just marvelling at those too! #ylj18 https://t.co/hBQGOx3qbR


Metabase is like an open source “data scientist in a box.” Ooh, that seems useful! #ylj18 https://t.co/0sVZuc25W4 https://t.co/EjOHxM6m0h


If you’re going to speak at #ylj18, doing it in a shirt with John McCarthy (father of Lisp) on it is a nice choice! 👏 @sbelak #ylj18 https://t.co/kmXCyevegg https://t.co/SrCi7UNaHh


Excited for @Xavier_Ho’s talk on functional generative art. He’s setting up a plotter! #ylj18 https://t.co/Q629IoT8D9


Track host @leonardo_borges has done a great job running the RED room today! #ylj18 https://t.co/nzRl3Rnkio


. @Xavier_Ho wants to demystify creative coding for functional programmers. He says the stereotype of “logical” programmers not being creative is NOT TRUE. 👏 #ylj18 https://t.co/iUTpES4E20


Thanks to awesome AV crew for setting up camera so everyone can see @Xavier_Ho’s pen plotter at work! #ylj18 https://t.co/RQaeVxtd3j


@mootpointer @SydTechLeaders Thank you for the suggestion. We’re having a look and will definitely be amending what we’ve got!


Skin Motion app turns my tattoo into sound waves https://t.co/uKWqMGecgU – Interesting. Of course, I’m wondering if I can knit one…


There’s no sound so sweet to a conference organiser’s heart than the BLEAT BLEAT BLEAT of a fire alarm… 😭


@levelsconf @lindamciver It’s a false alarm. Apparently somebody burnt some toast. 😂


@hackuador Yo! Come on up and plug in. 😁


“Fraser knows stuff, and he works at Red Hat.” 😂 Succint intro for @hackuador from track host Erik! #ylj18 https://t.co/DWyrNSt987


“Okay, unsafe. When we add that, it goes faster.” 😂 @hackuador #ylj18 https://t.co/bGatMEXPg4


Claire from @WWCSyd introducing the next talk in RED room: Josh Godsiff from @arbornetworks! #ylj18 https://t.co/ZWZ0lQNvGT


Josh showing Haskell being used for real world, practical applications… “not theoretical IoT crypto things.” 😂 #ylj18 https://t.co/gtfPhRhqIy


Haskell gives you confidence in your code, in your own work, and in your team. It makes refactoring painless… and even enjoyable! says Josh from @arbornetworks. #ylj18 https://t.co/dTS6v3xzWt


It me. #ylj18 https://t.co/Yg4eMsebjG


“Who’s ready for an @kmett talk!” @dibblego gets the crowd fired up for our last talk of the day! #ylj18 https://t.co/zydX5kj1w8


RT @etymon: #ylj18 in one slide @kmett motivates his keynote https://t.co/UMEB9YmuOx


@Xavier_Ho Staring at my phone, as usual. 😐


RT @yow_conf: If you’re planning to go to @DrEugeniaCheng’s #ylj18 workshop tomorrow, you’ll just need to bring pen and paper. No need for…


RT @Amys_Kapers: Highly recommend tuning in! @DrEugeniaCheng gave a great keynote yesterday! https://t.co/O1tKCZq8Ee


Hey @taxifyapp – where do I complain about a driver who accepted job, made me wait 7 min until he was 3 blocks away, and then cancelled? 😡


RT @yow_conf: Good morning! 🌞
It’s the 2nd and final day of #YLJ18!
🤞🏼there won’t be any burnt toast today. 🤭


Big round of applause (and cheers!) for @TacticalGrace and Gabi as a thank you for all their work supporting functional programming in Australia. #ylj18 https://t.co/CIE8ZaH4f1


@AbstractCode @yow_conf I’m like, WHAT AM I DOING? DID I DO THAT ON STAGE?? And then I realised you cheated @AbstractCode! That photo was from before we started!! 😂


Talking about MS Excel as example of a good incrementalisation framework. Ahhhhh! 💡 @yminsky #ylj18 https://t.co/DSwmOImfTw



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