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How many times have you overheard this conversation?
\n“Well, static types are all well and good, but we use tests to get those kinds of guarantees.”
\n“I see. What’s your test coverage like?”
\n“Oh, I don’t know, sixty percent?”
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@Ron Thank you!
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bdesham/805267","date_published":"2018-08-18T05:09:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Benjamin Esham","url":"https://esham.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa4028c5dd749d198d7a8f2601d4afe07%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"bdesham"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2018-08-18 05:09","date_timestamp":1534568975,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"803542","content_html":"@Moltz Tapbots made an App.net client back when that was a thing, right? Hopefully they’ll do the same for Micro.blog (and hopefully this platform will grow enough for it to be worth it for them!).
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bdesham/803542","date_published":"2018-08-17T16:48:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Benjamin Esham","url":"https://esham.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa4028c5dd749d198d7a8f2601d4afe07%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"bdesham"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2018-08-17 16:48","date_timestamp":1534524493,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"803537","content_html":"@smokey Makes sense. I think the biggest thing hindering adoption of RSS is discoverability: knowing that you can aggregate feeds like that, and then choosing a backend service and/or reader, and then adding subscriptions. Having that all done for you is a huge boost.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bdesham/803537","date_published":"2018-08-17T16:46:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Benjamin Esham","url":"https://esham.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa4028c5dd749d198d7a8f2601d4afe07%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"bdesham"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2018-08-17 16:46","date_timestamp":1534524383,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"802098","content_html":"@hir0 Same! I found myself following people today just so there would be more stuff in Icro when I launched it 😄
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bdesham/802098","date_published":"2018-08-17T05:23:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Benjamin Esham","url":"https://esham.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa4028c5dd749d198d7a8f2601d4afe07%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"bdesham"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2018-08-17 05:23","date_timestamp":1534483416,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"802094","content_html":"@donmacdonald Definitely! I also suffer from the affliction of wanting to do everything myself 😉, but I would happily recommend Tumblr to anyone who doesn’t.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bdesham/802094","date_published":"2018-08-17T05:19:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Benjamin Esham","url":"https://esham.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa4028c5dd749d198d7a8f2601d4afe07%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"bdesham"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2018-08-17 05:19","date_timestamp":1534483181,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"800449","content_html":"@blankbaby But if I unfollow you, how will I know which books to read?!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bdesham/800449","date_published":"2018-08-16T18:28:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Benjamin Esham","url":"https://esham.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa4028c5dd749d198d7a8f2601d4afe07%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"bdesham"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2018-08-16 18:28","date_timestamp":1534444101,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"745665","content_html":"@khurt People have tried before to put things like “don’t be evil” right in the license text, but there seems to be a consensus that this wouldn’t be legally enforceable. Giving the author control over who does and doesn’t get a license might work, though.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bdesham/745665","date_published":"2018-07-26T17:49:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Benjamin Esham","url":"https://esham.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa4028c5dd749d198d7a8f2601d4afe07%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"bdesham"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2018-07-26 17:49","date_timestamp":1532627378,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"379049","content_html":"@manton Great!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bdesham/379049","date_published":"2018-03-04T07:15:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Benjamin Esham","url":"https://esham.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa4028c5dd749d198d7a8f2601d4afe07%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"bdesham"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2018-03-04 07:15","date_timestamp":1520147706,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"379044","content_html":"@manton On Micro.blog your timeline includes replies to people you don’t follow. I know this was a deliberate decision (to help people find new people to follow, I think?), but it really adds a bunch of noise to my timeline. Any chance this will be made optional in the future? :)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bdesham/379044","date_published":"2018-03-04T07:12:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Benjamin Esham","url":"https://esham.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa4028c5dd749d198d7a8f2601d4afe07%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"bdesham"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2018-03-04 07:12","date_timestamp":1520147570,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"347020","content_html":"@jsonbecker Just in a text file! (It’s in Dropbox so I can edit it from my Mac or my phone.) Keeping track privately means I don’t have to worry about anyone judging what I’m reading or how quickly ☺️
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bdesham/347020","date_published":"2018-02-18T03:19:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Benjamin Esham","url":"https://esham.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa4028c5dd749d198d7a8f2601d4afe07%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"bdesham"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2018-02-18 03:19","date_timestamp":1518923976,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"224038","content_html":"@manton If I decided in the future to replace my use of Micro.blog with my own thing, would there be any way to redirect my bdesham.micro.blog URLs to the new ones? (Just a theoretical question for now!)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bdesham/224038","date_published":"2017-12-14T20:57:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Benjamin Esham","url":"https://esham.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa4028c5dd749d198d7a8f2601d4afe07%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"bdesham"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2017-12-14 20:57","date_timestamp":1513285078,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"178350","content_html":"@eli 😄
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bdesham/178350","date_published":"2017-10-27T19:55:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Benjamin Esham","url":"https://esham.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa4028c5dd749d198d7a8f2601d4afe07%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"bdesham"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2017-10-27 19:55","date_timestamp":1509134124,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"171151","content_html":"@eli Definitely possible! It makes so little sense to me that I wouldn’t be surprised if it were only a cognitive bias and not an actual effect.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bdesham/171151","date_published":"2017-10-19T01:33:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Benjamin Esham","url":"https://esham.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa4028c5dd749d198d7a8f2601d4afe07%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"bdesham"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2017-10-19 01:33","date_timestamp":1508376790,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"162561","content_html":"@manton That first suggestion worked great. Thanks!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bdesham/162561","date_published":"2017-10-06T21:49:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Benjamin Esham","url":"https://esham.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa4028c5dd749d198d7a8f2601d4afe07%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"bdesham"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2017-10-06 21:49","date_timestamp":1507326557,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"162406","content_html":"@manton Is there an easy way to export all of my Micro.blog posts in a single document? (I don’t have that many, but the older ones have fallen off the end of the JSON Feed.)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bdesham/162406","date_published":"2017-10-06T16:17:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Benjamin Esham","url":"https://esham.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa4028c5dd749d198d7a8f2601d4afe07%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"bdesham"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2017-10-06 16:17","date_timestamp":1507306669,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"153429","content_html":"@manton One feature I like in e.g. Tweetbot is that URLs are displayed with a trailing ellipsis when the whole thing isn’t displayed. In the Micro.blog app, only the domain is displayed but it isn’t clear whether the link is to the bare domain or to some path on that domain.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bdesham/153429","date_published":"2017-09-23T16:30:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Benjamin Esham","url":"https://esham.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa4028c5dd749d198d7a8f2601d4afe07%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"bdesham"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2017-09-23 16:30","date_timestamp":1506184227,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"61026","content_html":"@manton Hmm. I put “br” in angle brackets and it got rendered as an actual tag in the app and in the web interface. Is that intentional?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bdesham/61026","date_published":"2017-05-04T18:19:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Benjamin Esham","url":"https://esham.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa4028c5dd749d198d7a8f2601d4afe07%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"bdesham"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2017-05-04 18:19","date_timestamp":1493921995,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"42650","content_html":"@bdesham (I’m mostly subtweeting myself here)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bdesham/42650","date_published":"2017-04-30T01:41:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Benjamin Esham","url":"https://esham.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa4028c5dd749d198d7a8f2601d4afe07%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"bdesham"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2017-04-30 01:41","date_timestamp":1493516482,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}