Nic Lake :pika:

niclake@mastodon.social

🌎 Iowa resident. 🔨 Full stack engineer working with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ruby" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Ruby</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rails" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Rails</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NodeJS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NodeJS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/React" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#React</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Swift" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Swift</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Python</a> 🎮 Bulbasaur stan 🎸 Lapsed musician 📚 Bibliophile ⌨️ Keyboard enthusiast 👨‍👩‍👧🐈 Partner of B, father

Posts

Post #2110354
It’s a very weird feeling when you’re working with a recruiter to interview for a position, and then that recruiter gets laid off. 🤨
Post #2110353
The downfall of the MacBook Neo: I don’t have enough real estate for stickers.
Post #1723351
It’s Tax Day! It’s been determined that many of you owe back taxes as you have not shared enough photos of your pets. Please submit payment of one (1) photo PER PET to this thread.
Post #1723350
@caseyliss You brought up RSS on a previous ATP. - What&#39;s your current feed reader of choice? I know many of our generation are stuck on NNW, or possibly Reeder 5. That where you&#39;re at, or have you tried tools like Current? - How do you categorize your feeds? Do you have general buckets you put things into &amp; attempt to triage individually, or do you firehose everything? - Any recs on your favorite feeds that might be off the main road for many of us? (This can totally b...
Post #1723349
2 VERY stupid Mac bugs that I&#39;m annoyed that I&#39;m still dealing with in 2026: 1. Once I put my Apple Card info in to the Wallet &amp; Apple Pay preference pane, the pane will not load. 2. Apple Discussions Pages use JavaScript to suppress the default ⌘[ key command for going back a page. (FB16305587)
Post #1723348
Free idea for any recipe manager out there: Allow users to sort by &quot;Random&quot; Float things to the top I may not have seen in a while. That&#39;d be slick. Thanks.
Post #1723347
Decided to switch up my RSS flow a little bit. Trying out Current. https://www.terrygodier.com/current
Post #1723346
Looking for some good RSS feeds to follow. Appreciate regular posters, but prefer quality over quantity (I have plenty of noisy feeds). Interests: Apple, technology, PC/Nintendo gaming, music, sports, reading, and generally just cool stuff.
Post #1723345
The parts for this have been sitting on my shelf for a year and a half. With a meetup happening next weekend, I figured now was a great time to get it finished. Say hello to the Masonry. (Plus build photos) #mechanicalkeyboards
Post #1070143
Still on the job hunt. Not surprising, but certainly disappointing. (IMO, any time you reach the final round of a job search, orgs should provide more than just a generic 1-paragraph rejection email... but I digress.) If you happen to know anyone hiring remote positions in the US, and looking for: - Lead/Senior/Principal level software engineers (Ruby/Rails, React, NodeJS, etc.) - Business Analysts - Engineering Managers please let me know. #FediHire #getfedihired #job #jobsearch
Post #819603
6 years ago today was my final full in-office day. Monday, March 16, we came into the office, immediately had a meeting about &quot;what do we need to do to be fully remote&quot;, and bounced. What a ride.
Post #819602
Having that “ah beans” realization that I’ve been applying to jobs while everyone is on, or about to be on, spring break. 🙃
Post #819601
Still attempting to figure out why knowing which sexual organs I possess, and/or what I am doing with them, is relevant on a job application. Is this just me being thick?
Post #819600
Them: &quot;So how long have you been in to computer stuff?&quot; Me:
Post #819599
Took the day off from the application grind. Watched basketball. Played Clair Obscur. Cleaned a ton of stuff. Changed the cabin filter on the van. Read. Tomorrow I can go back to being bummed out about everything. Today, though… today I found some peace. #FediHire #GetFediHired
Post #819598
The urge to nuke my computer and start over yet again, just because I have nothing better to do right now.
Post #819597
Those of you working in the CLI a lot - what are your favorite aliases that might be useful to others? Some of mine: - Better ls command: alias lsa=&#39;ls -lAFh&#39; - A command to drop/recreate/re-seed my Postgres DBs: alias dbnuke=&#39;bundle exec rake db:drop db:create db:migrate db:seed&#39;
Post #738505
Welp. As of this morning, I am no longer employed, and am looking for a new role. If you happen to know anyone hiring remote positions in the US, and looking for: - Lead/Senior/Principal level software engineers (Ruby/Rails, React, NodeJS, etc.) - Business Analysts - Engineering Managers please let me know. #FediHire #getfedihired #job #jobsearch
Post #631519
Welp. As of this morning, I am no longer employed, and am looking for a new role. If you happen to know anyone hiring remote positions in the US, and looking for: - Lead/Senior/Principal level software engineers (Ruby/Rails, React, NodeJS, etc.) - Business Analysts - Engineering Managers please let me know. #FediHire #getfedihired #job #jobsearch