I used to write a lot of shell scripts before realising that what I was trying to do was treat shell scripting as a "full" scripting language (I won't define here what I mean by "full").

Its not - reach for a higher level scripting language like Ruby or Python when things are getting more complicated, and allow shell scripts to glue things together, or be for quick tasks maybe a few lines long.

When you do write them, this advice is great but it's definitely worth gaining understanding of when you should and shouldn't use them.

The montañas view, on the last full day in #tenerife

Penultimate #tenerife #sunset for the holiday 😥

Very envious of what looks like a great day at #NaConf - hope everyone is enjoying it!

I've just announced #HomebrewWebsiteClub Nottingham on February 5th https://events.indieweb.org/2020/02/homebrew-website-club-nottingham-8IgcYeAQhIKX - just turn up, or RSVP via https://www.jvt.me/posts/2019/08/21/rsvp-from-your-website/

There are also lots of #HomebrewWebsiteClub events across the world where you can come and build, or enhance, your personal website with something #IndieWeb related - we've got one in Nottingham! https://events.indieweb.org/tag/hwc

For anyone at #NaConf looking to learn more about owning your data and the #IndieWeb, I recently did a talk about it, with a transcript available at https://www.jvt.me/posts/2019/10/20/indieweb-talk/ which will hopefully shed more light!

Yet another beautiful day in #tenerife

The sun hath returned to #tenerife!

This is a great resource I've used in the past for learning how best to approach automation testing with a website.

As mentioned in https://www.jvt.me/mf2/2019/12/9pwds/ I'm enjoying some sun in Tenerife!

Last night I was dreaming about Mutual TLS. Damn you #PSD2 and eIDAS certs!

Even more surprising that its a few days into a relaxing holiday in which I've not thought about work at all!

A great read about why PHP is still a great choice in 2020, despite the bad press it gets from developers (who likely haven't touched it in years).

Feel like I definitely need a siesta after this Legendary Local #HardRockCafe burger 🍔😋😴 - burger with pulled pork, caramelised banana and the usual burger goodies, with a side of sriracha mayo and seasoned fries

https://twitter.com/MrsEmma what do you think of this as a presentation / serving format for honey? Our hotel is doing it and I thought it was really cool

This hotel is so lovely and green

Reminder that it's #HomebrewWebsiteClub Nottingham on Wednesday! https://www.jvt.me/events/homebrew-website-club-nottingham/2020/01/22/

I won't be attending as I'm in sunny-ish #tenerife, but hope you still meet!

Waking up after a good nap to the toasty #Tenerife sun with Good Life (https://youtu.be/jZhQOvvV45w) playing, quite a nice afternoon!

Not a bad view from quiet adult-only space on the roof of the hotel

This is very interesting to hear just days after a colleague gives a compelling introduction to Kotlin of which one key selling point (to me at least) is reducing boilerplate for Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs) that are effectively data-only objects.

That being said, it's still a way off compared to Java 8, and could be nice to try out Kotlin a bit more.

Both Jess and Moreton are great speakers, so this is no doubt going to be a great event full of lots of great tips for being better at public speaking!

A big breakfast is never a bad start to the holiday, especially with an early start! #tenerife #wetherspoons

#hashtags on my site get autolinked - woo!

Off to #Tenerife tomorrow with the family for a week's winter sun - hope the weather is a bit nicer than the UK, at least!