Dave Kimura

So, yeah, you know, all of that work I did was totally unnecessary. And you, too, can build amazing old-school ASCII-looking interfaces using the gem. It's called EFE, and it's on GitHub under the obfusc. And there's loads of really interesting utilities online. on Neog Faster Kit Hub.

So, yeah, you know, all of that work I did was totally unnecessary. And you, too, can build amazing old-school ASCII-looking interfaces using the gem. It's called EFE, and it's on GitHub under the obfusc. And there's loads of really interesting utilities online. on Neog Faster Kit Hub.

If you dig in, there's some interesting low-level stuff for when you want to kind of Ruby yourself up on the command line. So well worth a look.

If you dig in, there's some interesting low-level stuff for when you want to kind of Ruby yourself up on the command line. So well worth a look.

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I got a question for you here. So as I'm understanding it, at software.com, you've got loads of really cool tools that can kind of look at people's commits or some other metric you're looking at to assess productivity.

I got a question for you here. So as I'm understanding it, at software.com, you've got loads of really cool tools that can kind of look at people's commits or some other metric you're looking at to assess productivity.

You've done all the work in that one commit at the start.

You've done all the work in that one commit at the start.

I went on Code Climate the other day. It wasn't my idea. My colleagues did. And it gave my code a D. And quite honestly, that kind of put me off all of these kind of code assessment tools. I'm now a bit scared that if people go to software.com and show them my work, they'll say that, you know, Luke's only productive on like a Tuesday morning. And even then he doesn't do much work.

I went on Code Climate the other day. It wasn't my idea. My colleagues did. And it gave my code a D. And quite honestly, that kind of put me off all of these kind of code assessment tools. I'm now a bit scared that if people go to software.com and show them my work, they'll say that, you know, Luke's only productive on like a Tuesday morning. And even then he doesn't do much work.

It sounds like a great tool for managers. Is it going to help the software grunts, the frontline coders like me?

It sounds like a great tool for managers. Is it going to help the software grunts, the frontline coders like me?

Right. That's pretty cool to be able to block out your colleagues with a click. If only I had that work today. Is there an API?

Right. That's pretty cool to be able to block out your colleagues with a click. If only I had that work today. Is there an API?

So this is operating off a Visual Studio hook, is it?

So this is operating off a Visual Studio hook, is it?

No, keep it out. That would be my excuse. I'd be like, why aren't you doing any work? Oh, it's in BIM. It doesn't work in BIM.

No, keep it out. That would be my excuse. I'd be like, why aren't you doing any work? Oh, it's in BIM. It doesn't work in BIM.