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Balint Erdi

@balinterdi.bsky.social

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Ember.js consultant, Ember Platform engineer at Teamtailor. Author of Rock and Roll with Ember.js: balinterdi.com/rock-and-roll-… . Hiker, enthusiastic chess player, homo ludens. #chesspunks

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Balint Erdi @balinterdi.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

A small excerpt from my upcoming book, "How to Become an Effective Software Engineer". Sign up to get a sample: effective-software-engineering.com

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Balint Erdi @balinterdi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I'm happy to report that The How to Become an Effective Software Engineer book now has a landing page, and you can download a very generous sample: effective-software-engineering.com

Above-the-fold screenshot of the How to Become an Effective Software Engineer book's landing page.

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Balint Erdi @balinterdi.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

The "How To Become an Effective Software Engineer" book is coming along nicely, and should be out this year. Sign up here: fullstack-consulting-llc.kit.com/72aa1e93d9

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Balint Erdi @balinterdi.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I must have spent days of my life typing `document.querySelector(All)` in browser consoles only to realize I can simply type `$(selector)` and `$$(selector)`

Screenshot showing usage of $ and $$ in browser dev console

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Balint Erdi @balinterdi.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Is it the international day (weekend) of The Fried Liver attack? I've played three chess games as black in the last two days and all of my opponents used it (and otherwise see it very rarely) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_L... #chesspunks

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Balint Erdi @balinterdi.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

This happens *very* rarely, like once every 25 games for me. And just yesterday, I've lost three 5+5 games, two of which quite stupidly. #chesspunks

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Balint Erdi @balinterdi.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

It occurred to me that I couldn't exactly define what arrogance is. I then came up with this: one is arrogant insofar as they think the only way to do something (or the only way to think about something) is the way they do it. Is this a good definition?

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