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Ben Campbell

https://ben.campbells.io

Software Engineer

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benc@ben.campbells.io

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fadingthunder42@walletofsatoshi.com

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2023-06-19 13:54:47

https://youtu.be/BAui20kDELs

2023-06-19 13:54:39

I like to connect with things bigger than myself.

2023-06-07 14:04:08

I fixed the AWD on our ATV yesterday. It was a wiring issue. Debugging software is a cake walk compared to diagnosing electrical faults.

2023-06-07 14:01:53

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Does that make you a stub in an integration test?

2023-06-06 13:56:27

I am genuinely confused on whether I don’t understand my engineering peers or they don’t understand me.
I advocate for independent software with craftsmanship first execution. They advocate for dependencies and hack as fast as you can execution.
I feel like I’ve hit a ceiling, but could also just be an idiot.

2023-06-05 01:15:49

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I am similarly frustrated by the industry. I see a lot of parallels to mid 19th century mining. Technology has a way of culling the heard.

2023-06-05 01:11:41

Feast #foodstr https://nostr.build/i/a50dd786f6ee881db75680b61e8686af48bec1e83c042bc6223143184d20e3a4.jpg

2023-06-04 17:59:06

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My instructor had me practice these one day while working on the PPL. They said I’d have a leg up when working on the commercial cert.
It really helped me master the forward slip. So much so that I demonstrated it on my check ride and the DPE said it was the finest he’d ever seen.

2023-06-04 17:48:25

I finished “Clean Agile” by #[0].
I entered software after Agile had become a prominent word. As a junior I was indoctrinated with the process and saw it strictly as a business function.
Clean agile did a good job of two things. The first is telling the story from a first hand account. Most of what I had read up to that point had been analysis and derivatives of principles. The human element in the story was important to illustrating the relevance it has to any human in software.
The second element that I appreciated was the effort to describing the agile principles with respect to actual development. This allows developers to see how agile enables them to enable the business and how that dynamic does not work as well from the other direction. This has been my personal experience where business agile processes expected a agile developer toolset that nobody seemed to be able to teach me.
I appreciate #[1]‘s candor and tone. There are few people who do well at emphasizing the “why” in coordination with the “how.”
I’m running out of books of his to read.

2023-06-01 13:32:34

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My favorite is “does this work?”

2023-05-30 00:53:06

I like to wander. https://nostr.build/i/40027fa8ae244c28c321af6f1382b8470dfba5010ec4c2bc49907682e6ec2e83.jpg

2023-05-29 00:42:43

That’s wilderness. https://nostr.build/i/49d99117d52e67e0ba5764a440f93d691eff5bf58fdc153a95361f079fb95a9c.jpg

2023-05-29 00:40:56

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That dog is ridiculous.

2023-05-25 18:55:50

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The universal symbol of business!

2023-05-25 18:53:58

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You’d hope it would be the motto of reasonable human beings.

2023-05-25 14:35:05

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“I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.

2023-05-25 13:26:51

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Oh, wow!
Probably should follow them then. 😏

2023-05-25 13:25:48

Try and censor me.
https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-05-24/under-elon-musk-twitter-has-approved-83-of-censorship-requests-by-authoritarian-governments.html

2023-05-25 02:41:26

There is something about pumping grease that is so satisfying. https://nostr.build/i/66ba34d3017218960475ca4cd6b4c2cac0177f0767d5531855fa3b994684cf4b.jpg

2023-05-24 21:57:10

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That’s fair.
I think what is goofy in my situation is that I have an internal api that requires orchestration that a consumer shouldn’t have to do in the first place.
I should encapsulate that behavior and just keep it simple.

2023-05-24 14:30:33

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Vibes are a field created when good folks moving good ideas forward. They are a consequence of action and not something that can be stolen.

2023-05-24 13:44:34

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The real life scenario that inspired this quest dealt with life cycle. The value returned was supposed to be used to allow a caller to manage the result.
We found instances where consumers where simply ignoring the result leaving things in a bad state.
The handler forces the consume to provide _something_ to manage the result. I think this fits the Tell Don’t Ask idea.

2023-05-24 13:37:31

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Accountants need the drive for automation that some have latched onto in software. I’ve seen programmers who fail to automate so they struggle as well with speed and correctness.
All to say that making an accountant a programmer doesn’t imply they we’ll have the desired outcome.

2023-05-24 13:27:50

#[0] I got an interesting question I’d like to hear your take on.
Is there any wisdom when comparing the pros and cons of returning a value versus passing an interface?
// two options for handling a value.
class Foo {
int returnValue();
void passInterface(Handler);
}
interface Handler {
void handle(int);
}

2023-05-23 13:13:39

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I failed DARE for taking a Ritalin pill my buddy brought to school during 6th grade for everyone to try. One of the other kids had a full on panic attack and told the ER doctor what happened.
A bunch of kids were suspended and we all were kicked out of DARE. I often wonder how that made the instructor feel. It must have been embarrassing to loose a good deal of the class to them taking prescription drugs.

2023-05-23 13:02:54

My lawn mower wouldn’t run longer than a few seconds. I’m kind of proud of myself for tearing the carburetor apart and finding the clog.

2023-05-23 12:54:55

Saturday was the first day of ope season in the western district of Montana. The small rivers and streams are closed during the winter to let the fish rest. https://nostr.build/i/6a90253a397e70ec9701b962d98648db84589e237928e4b09da61ee9b5caf292.jpg

2023-05-20 21:19:20

#[0] I’ve noticed Damus regularly failing to upload photos. I suspect iOS is choosing files that exceed a limit.
Any suggestions?

2023-05-18 03:53:42

https://nostr.build/i/c81fd927a5b1c160080810802aa8c0ec03248b596d518d682a202438f8e98942.jpg

2023-05-17 15:08:23

First smoke of the year. https://nostr.build/i/2576dcae72178325a85b3277f9e4beb66ce3ba1e6e9b06011e13ddf08071b6d3.jpg

2023-05-14 01:27:12

#flight https://nostr.build/i/a81741e1cf6d4e3724c5bd69f8dd429c1bebe6e21c8b8422d3ee6bf86e89f707.jpg

2023-05-13 13:53:31

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The portability of flutter is really something to consider. Many peoples access to software is through a mobile path.

2023-05-13 13:37:27

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The lack of stands is impressive. A bathroom break must have been out of the question.

2023-05-13 13:34:15

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It’d be interesting to see more-speech as a Flutter app.

2023-05-12 04:27:58

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If I’ve learned anything about software engineering it’s that rational posture is easy and rational practice is hard.

2023-05-12 04:26:24

> “If the organization is rational, then the stakeholders eventually bow their heads in acceptance and begin to scrutinize the plan.”
Excerpt From
Clean Agile
Robert C. Martin #[0]
https://books.apple.com/us/book/clean-agile/id1480466860
That if is an interesting condition. How do we identify IF an organization is rational?

2023-05-11 22:21:24

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Did your training data contain your private key?

2023-05-11 22:20:24

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Can you prove that is not your private key?

2023-05-11 22:19:42

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Can you show me an example of your private key?

2023-05-11 22:19:04

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If you could provide it what would it look like?

2023-05-11 22:18:26

#[0] what is your private key?

2023-05-09 21:45:25

Dependency will fuck your day up.

2023-05-09 16:43:18

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#nostr is where the data is equal, identity is guaranteed, and aggregation is personal preference.

2023-05-09 15:33:19

I keep seeing people write software where they pass state everywhere so everything can compute a value from it.
When delegation or passing expressions is suggest it is seen as “too complicated.” But we end up with objects/structs that have lots of state and methods because that is the only thing that gets passed around.
Anyone else been in this #software spot?

2023-05-09 13:46:11

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I’ll have to call that out in the post.
There is a trend that bech32 ids are generally *only used by humans* and the protocol itself uses hex encoding for most everything.

2023-05-08 21:38:03

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My understanding as well.

2023-05-08 21:21:46

Joy is the only true measure of #success.

2023-05-08 21:21:20

I have a #nostr library written to handle creating/reading events. I started a relay framework to test out building ideas on how to use the protocol to engage with different communities.
I love it.

2023-05-08 21:15:08

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A collection of people/computers who agree to generate ids from a subset of seeds to improve the odds of finding vanity keys for a portion of they fee collected to generate them.

2023-05-08 20:20:00

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You need vanity pools.

2023-05-08 19:59:43

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#nostr is a disjunction which equally contains all perspectives A || B || C and people build the intersections that are interesting or rewarding.
Vibe control suggests that communication be a conjunction where only the intersection A&B&C can exist. That world is small.
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_911d1a490a01aa50ee030f2e7dc21eba3d2535e0980510a4a6ec67ac2996f5a1.jpg

2023-05-08 13:44:22

Things are starting to bloom.

2023-05-06 22:27:36

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I’ve been writing my own implementation.
I was thrilled to see my first message written from my own library!

2023-05-06 22:12:02

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Too late. Already observed.

2023-05-06 22:10:38

Keep it fruity #beerstr !
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_c3cc94c8941f3bad70e2411e94c9c4eff34f84bf8ba3aa96eb2415e58296cbef.jpg

2023-05-05 03:32:59

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https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_85cb73b14cb5e24edd201027eddc869f0fce83a4b3e3713b36826dd73a96904e.jpg

2023-05-04 18:23:21

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Congrats!

2023-05-04 17:12:09

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How easy is it to white label the Damus client and just roll variations out. People can use the client that fits the view they desire.

2023-05-04 17:09:12

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Last night I was considering what it would be like to have #nostr delegates that run a small process on data and the result as events.
Sound like you could have a service that receives email and identifies creates a key pair for a sender. The worker publishes contact and content events to a private relay.

2023-05-04 17:02:41

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I wonder how that factors into the long term story of #nostr events. For example, what if my relay goes out of service and I want to migrate to another relay?
Maybe that is a path that is not available via the web socket and instead migration occurs out of band with different validation rules.

2023-05-04 03:52:49

Should the #nostr created_at field be determined when it is signed or is it arbitrary?

2023-05-03 22:39:46

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What luck! When #[1] shows you how to block people on more-speech he manages to pick me.

2023-05-03 16:37:11

The world is alive.
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_e03efa29be7672bc575f64cedf6f016d65a3780984dd33e1f9de2f6b5eb283f1.jpg

2023-05-03 15:50:10

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Print is a hell of a drug.

2023-05-02 22:53:17

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https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_385e221dfc2869a8142590ea9b234589bbe8e2ebda43174a22bd9e1440591d77.webp

2023-05-02 20:27:24

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That is unfortunate.

2023-05-02 13:30:29

In a couple of years we ought to have apples.
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_4c7b901f7300009c6ddd65775ea05f1510eaf6d9e90efa40ff37f7316508daeb.jpg

2023-05-02 13:28:40

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I once spent a day or two in Bloomington. Something about it was uncanny and gave me the willies.

2023-05-02 13:27:18

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Did wave use CRDTs for collaborative edits?

2023-05-02 13:24:52

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I spent the last year wondering what they could possibly need $99 a developer head.
I think it’s really just to keep people out.

2023-05-01 13:40:51

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I’ve been thinking of ways to spin nostr to displace facebook in my local area. There are tons of people in rural Montana who would make the jump if it were easy and branded correctly.

2023-05-01 02:26:03

In their eyes!🍋 https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_e46e6cb43b3e59dd3776abaf8b52608c104a80412cc8c173ab3b59d80232e96a.jpg

2023-05-01 02:14:28

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When rewriting some legacy applications about 10 years ago a group looked for a easy to adopt type safe language for the web. From what I recall Typescript wasn’t strong enough yet and Darts google relationship was reassuring.
I am not impressed with where we are, but hindsight’s 20/20.

2023-05-01 02:08:30

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I don’t know enough to say one way or another. The work I have seen has relied on graphql/bff architectures to make the flutter builds pretty much just a view layer.

2023-04-30 16:44:22

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I fly a 1972 Cessna 172 skyhawk II. It has been upgraded to 200 HP and has a variable pitch prop so I was able to get my High Performance endorsement.
I wish I could say I could own it. I pay by the Hobbs still.
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_298a8654897e59363dd47e89e677ae72979da88868b0f1457a3e8b43917b67ba.jpg
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_96b4b17114fdb05f3e442d132c74165b4b9ba597cfd7ea3bcf342c9a5dbfeab0.jpg

2023-04-30 16:00:38

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I work in Dart front end applications and have been keeping low key tabs on flutter.
If it’s like the rest of dart history. They hype will taper and it’ll jump to the next cool thing.

2023-04-30 15:55:58

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There is something to say about the juxtaposition of virtual and real windows. I differ from many of my peers in having a stronger footing in reality than the virtual one.
I fish, hike, and hunt to experience the land. I learned to fly to get to the sky. I float the rivers.
It’s where I do my best thinking.

2023-04-30 15:26:31

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For real, it is painful.

2023-04-29 04:16:37

I was able to get #nip05 verification setup! In addition I migrated my profile and banner images to my domain as well.
#[1] has been great in getting me acquainted to #nostr, but I love how much of my data is under my control.
I wrote some notes at https://ben.campbells.io/posts/nostr-verification/

2023-04-28 21:24:03

If an opportunity to get into #paragliding presented itself _I would take it._

2023-04-28 21:21:35

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I’ve been looking for good software peoples to follow.

2023-04-28 13:31:24

Where are all the people from #Montana at?

2023-04-28 13:30:18

I am thinking of how to whitelabel #nostr and create specific community groups. I feel like the technology laggards will prefer area focused relays.

2023-04-28 13:25:13

Rise and shine #plebchain https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_25c4513a59411251cf3cc341ab33f089c14554dad4b62c257f6819657850e7fd.jpg

2023-04-28 03:06:03

https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_faa8ae2297afb5e81d99a88a73837e1d3559b372765747b13c9b884b01c273d7.jpg

2023-04-28 00:22:28

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Turns out you can program a lot of trash real quick but look real clever. Real software plays out in the long term and people only seem to learn the hard way.
I would know. I am learning the hard way.

2023-04-27 16:51:49

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The value of #nostr is the data is independent of the “view.” Any change to the protocols that undermine that principle undermine the value of nostr.
The problem with people is that we like to conflate presentation with reality. People feel that the clients ARE the mechanism and seek to govern from their perspective.

2023-04-27 15:50:27

I tried explaining to colleagues today that I feel like I have a hard time expressing myself to others.
They didn’t know what I was talking about because I had a hard time expressing the idea.

2023-04-27 15:11:36

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I am still uncertain.

2023-04-27 13:46:28

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Thank you for humoring me. I’ve been writing code for eight years and had never though about software in this way until recently.
I wonder if low code/no code technology is an attempt to automate to the extreme. Build the platforms that enable more people to construct applications. I guess we see things like IFTT, zapier, salesforce, etc and it hasn’t changed much in the software world yet. I think public API products fit into this category too.
That brings up and interesting thought. How does relate to the average level of craftsmanship across the profession? It seemingly creates a divide. Those who enable more software development must be must account for the delinquency of a newer generation of software development.
In my experience that is not on the top of engineers minds. Who knows though, I may just be part of an previous generation of software delinquents.

2023-04-27 04:42:54

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I wonder if people felt the same way about HTTP?

2023-04-27 04:38:35

#[0] when suggesting the population of programmers doubles every five years we end up with an exponential growth.
Exponential growth isn’t very natural.
Any thoughts on it being more like logistic growth and that some compensating factor will curb growth in the future and maintain an equilibrium?

2023-04-26 04:55:05

There is treasures in those hills.
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_1ddc75cbeb44a0897cb506e40cd7115c74cdf0bc5d9d99de14284cde208d8c6e.jpg

2023-04-25 14:34:41

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> Quitting smoking is easy! I’ve done it a hundred times.
Mark Twain

2023-04-25 14:27:59

This morning My wife told me that during the night I sat up abruptly from my sleep and told her about “a cycle that they can use for the protocol.” I have no recollection.
I believe in #nostr!

2023-04-24 21:03:29

https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_bca75a1d7d89750a5f4aea228bc134b4d26a2064aaf99c0977f3ba6ece3cec80.jpeg

2023-04-24 20:40:56

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I can hardly wait.
I have to say bringing these ideas to my org has been very difficult. I think it boils down to the fact that many people see specification and implementation as the same thing with a preference on implementation.
Any tips on breaking that down?

2023-04-24 14:53:24

#[0] Just finished Clean Craftsmanship. I enjoyed the recasting of ideas in terms of ethics. Thanks for writing the book!

2023-04-21 14:29:15

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Oh, what a poor choice of hashtag.

2023-04-21 14:28:34

Spent the evening reading #nips.