github actions: run on merge only

2021-09-11

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~2 min read

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321 words

Github actions are a convenient way to embed automation directly into your project’s repository. I was working on automating a version bump…

aha: avoid hasty abstractions

2021-09-11

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~1 min read

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101 words

Determining when to abstract is one of the constant challenges of engineering. Abstracting too soon often creates as many problems as…

peter drucker on managing oneself

2021-09-10

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~1 min read

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101 words

In 1999, Peter F. Drucker wrote what is now a classic article, Managing Oneself. Since reading it several years ago, I’ve found myself…

vim: command cheatsheet

2021-09-10

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~3 min read

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595 words

A place to store vim commands that aren’t muscle memory yet. Undo, Repeat, and Redo Doing a little consolidation as I’ve previously had to…

react: discriminated unions and semantic composability

2021-09-09

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~3 min read

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446 words

I’ve written in the past about composability and polymorphism in the past and it’s a concept that continues to interest me. I was speaking…

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