Fifteen years(!) and two days after its original launch, I am re-launching istwitterdown.com
Blog post with more context: theryanking.com/post/is-twitte…
Ryan King
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Ryan King
@rk
Joined November 2006
- Me, 2005-2010: "compiled languages are slow and painful to work with" Me, 2015-2021: "interpreted languages are slow and painful to work with"
- Replying to @rkFor the record, unlike the janky script which ran the first version, I now pay for a real monitoring service, which is costing me..... $8/month.
- No one said it was.
- The greatest minuature golf shot of all time: youtube.com/watch?v=ess9bR…
- After almost 5 (!!) years, its time for me to leave the flock at @twitter. An amazing, life-changing ride.
- How can I get Gordon Ramsay’s job, but for technology companies. Just walk in and yell about everything they’re doing wrong.
- Replying to @AustenIs there not survivorship bias here? There were lots of vaccine candidates nine months ago. The current mRNA ones look like slam dunks, but only in retrospect.
- Best thing on the internet today vine.co/v/OQqxU7KFzKY
- I have found that being an Principal Engineer is just asking two questions over and over again– 1. "yeah, but why?" 2. "and then what?"
- This whole employee vs contractor debate (re:uber) wouldn't be as a big deal if we didn't rely on employers for health care.
- We just released 2 factor auth for twitter. Sign up now:
