olo: 30 days in

2020-08-07

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~3 min read

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581 words

I recently crossed thirty days at Olo. I thought it would be valuable to pause for a few minutes to reflect my time so far, short as it is…

blameless postmortems and just vs. fair culture

2020-08-06

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~4 min read

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742 words

I have been thinking about postmortem processes lately. One of the first articles to popularize the concept was James Allspaw’s blog post in…

typescript: type guards vs const assertions

2020-08-05

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~5 min read

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914 words

I was discussing a refactor for some types recently with a colleague when he suggested I use a assertion. There are several good articles…

vs code: adding code to your path

2020-08-04

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~4 min read

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639 words

Whenever possible, I avoid using my mouse. This means I’m constantly on the lookout for efficiencies I can gain from operating within the…

cli: options vs. commands

2020-08-03

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~6 min read

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1053 words

I’ve building a CLI to help me manage my notes and I’ve been using to help. I’ve heard great things about , and while the documentation is…

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