slow & steady... with minor adjustments

2020-11-08

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~2 min read

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341 words

Life is one long journey. We can try to make dramatic changes in the short term - and sometimes that’s necessary - but more often than not…

election provided perspective

2020-11-06

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~1 min read

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111 words

Regardless of who you may have voted for in this election, 70m+ of your fellow citizens exercised their right to disagree with you. Your…

nanowrimo 2020: update 3

2020-11-04

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~1 min read

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87 words

Welp, what started as a great week full of enthusiasm has turned into a bit of a slog. Between the election and the fact that my wife and I…

testing: using test factories to increase confidence

2020-11-03

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~5 min read

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974 words

How can you gain greater confidence that what you’re testing is what you intend? One solution is to automate away a lot of the noise with a…

nanowrimo 2020: update 2

2020-11-02

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~4 min read

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652 words

This month I’ll be writing less code (in my free time) as I try to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. Odds are not in my favor, but one…

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