@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Ah shit. Where was `x` set again? _Does_ this function duplicate the logic of
that other function 83 lines above? You've lost your train of thought and it's
going to take you about 30 minutes to get it back.[^1]
-Maybe you're spending time with your family but that new hire keeps asking for
+Maybe you're spending time with your family, but that new hire keeps asking for
help with this snippet of code they can't figure out. You genuinely want to help
them, but time with family is incredibly valuable. It can wait until tomorrow.
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ With a push-based system, you receive notifications on others' schedules, which
might not line up well with your own. In a pull-based system, you receive
"notifications" on _your_ schedule. You see what happened on social media when
you log in, you receive emails when you explicitly fetch them, you see chat
-messages when you open the app, etc. This allows you to decide when you're ready
-to interact with that system, whether "ready" is every ten minutes, once you're
-in the office, or during breakfast.
+messages when you open the app, and so on. This allows you to decide when you're
+ready to interact with that system, whether "ready" is every ten minutes, once
+you're in the office, or during breakfast.
## Some suggestions
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ general.
Religiously unsubscribe from everything that clutters your inbox. If you don't
actively want to see it, unsubscribe from it or write a rule that marks it as
-read and immediately shoves it in for example, a Marketing folder. Inboxes are
+read and immediately shoves it in, for example, a Marketing folder. Inboxes are
for pertinent, important information; the latest shoe sale at your preferred
big-box store is neither.