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Thanks for the perspective on time estimation as a developer, @jonrandy!
I wouldn't even qualify this as a wrong answer to "What is software development? Wrong answers only" @panditapan!
Thank you for your meaningful contributions to DEV, @emma!
Yes! I've made a couple of contributions. My favourite is something I added in DEV's notification settings - "Send notifications when someone reacts to my comments or posts".
Great tips on making Chrome work for you (not the other way around) — extensions or no extensions, @ludamillion!
There are a number of things here you can do without extensions just by using the developer tools.
Timeshift => just go to the sensors
tab in the dev tools and select your desired location from the location
dropdown. Need to debug a specific location? Just click the manage
button next to the dropdown and add your own.
Pesticide => Dead simple; just add a new style rule in the elements tab. * { outline: 1px solid red; }
. Doing it this way has the advantage of not being tied to any browser. It'll work in anything, even ancient versions of IE.
I can't say this isn't my brain's first instinct any time I read the term "children" here on DEV, @codemouse92 😅
...half asleep, I click onto DEV, see Using Children in React
, and forgot all my programming knowledge briefly. So I saw literal children being called over for a work project.
Sips coffee, glad to leave the website building to Ali Spittel and other brilliant minds.
See you next week for more great comments ✌
From 25 years of development experience, I've found it is best not to estimate - at all. Estimation just wastes time.
This is very true:
(quote is from here)