Hi Cassidoo,

I've been a huge admirer of your Rendezvous newsletter and have been following it religiously. Your insights and content have always inspired me, and I recently took the plunge and started a Rust-based newsletter last December.

As this is my first foray into the newsletter world, I'd be incredibly grateful for your feedback on it. Specifically, I'm looking for insights on best practices, actionable tips to make it more engaging, and any thoughts you might have on how to pack it with high-quality resources.

I've attached my latest newsletter below, and I would truly appreciate your thoughts and any pointers you might have.

https://weeklyrust.substack.com/p/inline-const-the-borrow-checkers

Thanks so much!

Hello! I'm a student at Olin College of Engineering, an unconventional (and tiny!) engineering school with a unique approach to teaching CS (including courses heavily focused on practical applications of software development as opposed to a theoretical approach). I believe some of our unique courses on software would make great content on the SO podcast. Would you be interested in learning more? I can give you more details or connect you with one of my professors. Thanks! (Also the concept of an ama repo is rather clever)

I read your GitHub profile and like your arrangement. Maybe this question is related to the usage of GitHub.
How to pin the README.md as the personal intro on the profile page?

Here is a screenshot.

A pretty board question here so bare with 😄 It looks like your career has moved really quickly over the last few years (from an outside perspective), a few job changes, lots of streaming and growth on patereon etc. I'm wondering if there are any things you've learned outside of engineering over the last few years which you bring back to your engineering?

I am just loving your Jokes & Memes. So, stalked you digitally left and right for an hour to find all the jokes made by you.
I haven't come across any pages/newsletters exclusively for your Jokes. Have you published it already? If so, How can I get/buy that? If not, Would you please do so?

Hello @cassidoo ,

Hope you are doing fine.

As you have worked on multiple projects with NextJs. I was hoping to get your feedback on one of the PR I have raised for flareact a NextJS inspired framework operating on CloudFlare workers. The PR is currently in progress and if possible if you could please take some time to share any feedback/input on GraphQL execution and caching at Edge it would be great.

Thanks in advance.

Do you have problems with procrastination?
If yes, how do you deal with it?

How do you deal with the issue of sitting a desk for 8+ hours a day? Do you use a standing desk, or do you have to get up and walk around a lot? Also what about eye strain? (I guess breaks also help with that) Just curious about your thoughts.

Thanks

Hello Cassidoo, I am Mahmud Suberu, the co-founder and CEO of Omnihale, a Nigerian startup. Our company aims to revolutionize the healthcare system through innovative software. We would love the opportunity to pitch our idea to you, and I assure you won't regret giving us a chance.

Hi!

I’m getting interested in mechanical keyboards since I’ve seen some of your tweets. I’m looking for a specific layout to match the one I’m used to: the french Mac azerty layout:

It might look weird to you (especially this pretty enter key!), and it is. That’s why I can’t find any website who sells such a keyboard. And I don’t find many docs about how to build this kind of layout either.

So I’m throwing this bottle in the see, hoping your knowledge will help me find the grail!

🤞

I saw u did this in the tutorial
sql : 'select * from reviews.books'

can i do the following?
`sql : `insert into project.birthday(id, sender, receiver, wish) VALUES (${10} ,${name}, ${to}, ${wish})`

i'm kinda stuck here.

Heya! 👋

I was hoping you might be able to help shed some light on the differences between developer experience, developer advocacy, and developer relations. I have been trying to figure out if they are essentially the same thing with different titles or if they each fit into their own niche. There is no real consensus online, some people seem to think they are the same thing while others are able to categorize them more accurately.

I ask because I am trying to define a new role and I think it would be best classified as developer experience engineer or similar but I am wondering if the other two titles are a better fit. I thought you may have some insight to this given your current role 😅 .

The role is a mix of development, technical writing, liaising between other internal development teams as well as more conventional teams like marketing, sales, etc... It will also have a strong focus on code review and helping to develop best practice and facilitate it's adoption throughout the internal development teams. Most of the development in this role will be related to internal tools and systems including any custom tooling to aid in development efficiency.

Thanks heaps for taking the time to read this! 🙏

Hi cassidoo!

Do you have any advice, insights or pointers you're willing to share about making officially licensed keycap sets from your work on XDA/DSA Scrabble - or your keycap design experience in general?

Context: I want to make an officially licensed keycap set of one of my favourite characters. I've designed a keycap set before (KAM Sewing Tin) but am unsure about licensing. The character has other licensed merch outside of keycaps & a form for licensing inquiries on their website, but I'm worried they won't take me seriously if I just submit the form as a hobbyist designer 😰 and want to maximise my chances of getting the license!

Thank you!

the question is mostly about your path in Computer Science. Have you started as a CS student or you ware studying something else.
What you wanted to be or do as a young girl?
What kept you motivated to move into the CS and stay into the developer role?

What is your current terminal setup?

Do you use Oh My Zsh?