Top 5 DEV Comments from the Past Week

This is a weekly roundup of awesome DEV comments that you may have missed. You are welcome and encouraged to boost posts and comments yourself using the #bestofdev tag.

What @habereder’s coworkers lack in opposable thumbs, they make up for in code-review skills. Check our their comment in the “Show off your pet(s) :-)” thread:

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Raphael Habereder Jun 28 '20

My three helpers. The one on the left in particular loves pair-programming with me. The others are more the scrutinizing reviewer type :D

@catmcgeecode sheds (fire)light on the sometimes infinite loop of programming in Explain what a programmer does. Wrong answers only:

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Cat McGee Jun 28 '20

We start fires so we can put them out

@miketalbot shared how they vanquished the headache of those irritating debugger windows on Chrome with this sweet new setup:

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Mike Talbot ⭐ Jul 1 '20

I finally got my 4th screen setup last week. Needed something for those pesky chrome debugger windows :)

@swyx gets candid about… getting candid 😁:

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swyx Jun 29 '20

we all have regrets but not enough of us are brave enough to publicly admit them and listen to our detractors. this is one of the best personal reflections I have ever read. the rxjs community is so lucky to have you as it's leader!

@juanfrank77 shares some helpful feedback on their own sneaky bad developer habits to watch out for:

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Juan F Gonzalez Jun 27 '20

A few that come to mind (and had happened to me before).

• Spending way too much time sitting either working or just browsing around
• Having disparate eating times and not eating real food much
• Not having work boundaries and letting the work spills out to other activities (now is even more prevalent since all of us are working from home)
• Not having times to stretch, move or even break a sweat

I probably could go on and on but those are just a few 😅

See you next week for more great comments ✌

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[Juan F Gonzalez]

Heyyy!!!
Never thought I would make it to the top 5! Mom look at me I'm #winning lol
I'm glad this is getting more visibility and since someone asked me on that thread, I'll be writing a post expanding on the tips to overcome those bad habits. 😉