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castlegloom··on Write tests. Not too many. Mostly integration (2017)
Yeah this is article comes out and says that it's based on gut, not science. So speaking for anecdotal evidence, unit tests that don't break and frequent deploys are way better than finessing one more Gherkin test.
castlegloom··on Traveling Ruby: self-contained, portable Ruby binaries
Things take development time. The idea is great. I’ve spent a lot of hours fighting rbenv lol
castlegloom··on Death by Database
I worked on a codebase with a similar address problem. Oh, and there were no primary keys. Instead, each row referred back to a separate table with four keyed initials.

Good database design upfront, and vigilant upkeep will keep the application layer tidier.

castlegloom··on Stop Writing JavaScript Compilers. Make Macros Instead (2014)
TypeScript it is, then.
castlegloom··on Marketplace.visualstudio.com is down
https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/57851#issuecommen...
castlegloom··on Engineering whiteboard interviews: yay or nay?
It seems like there are two things at play - whiteboarding interviews vs. using whiteboards in your day-to-day job.

If the test is to see how well a person works in a whiteboarding interview to solve a problem, then it should be a simulation of collaboration, while trying to avoid the Clever Hans effect.

Otherwise your DP whiteboarding problems are worthless.

castlegloom··on The next ten years of Instapaper
The comment section of the announcement has plenty of Pocket-switchers. I think Instapaper is much more focused than Pocket, which seems to be more geared towards recommendations now.
castlegloom··on In Pursuit of Production Minimalism
Great article, classic comment section:

Half of people arguing about the plane analogy

Other half arguing about jQuery

castlegloom··on Our Use of Haskell and Elm
the use of "our" threw me off a bunch, unless they're referring to clients
castlegloom··on The Chicago Express Loop
I'll believe it when I see it.

RIP Washington Station.

castlegloom··on Twenty-first century Victorians
As the article states, East Grand Rapids is the worst.
castlegloom··on YouTube’s fake views economy
I don't even try blocking the Outline's ads. They blend so easily into their actual content, and they're unobtrusive.
castlegloom··on Redesigning Redux
should have known it was a ploy for yet another library.
castlegloom··on The ridiculous, Cachemonet-esque Bloomberg 404 page
https://theoutline.com/404