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redconfetti

80 karma · joined May 13, 2021

full stack web dev (rails, react), unix-like fanboy
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redconfetti··on The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used
I was looking at System 76, but after reading some reviews it left me worried.
redconfetti··on Ruby for eBook Publishing
I'm really liking this book. It almost seems like a light Unix administration handbook mixed with application deployment. I might just buy it to get some guidance with Podman.
redconfetti··on Prison Company Patents VR to Give Inmates Brief Taste of Freedom
This shouldn't be allowed. They charge an arm and a leg for these special privileges. It's totally exploitative of both the inmates and their families.
redconfetti··on Prison Company Patents VR to Give Inmates Brief Taste of Freedom
Yes, but is it profitable?
redconfetti··on Microsoft Joins Open Infrastructure Foundation
I still don't trust Microsoft.
redconfetti··on Companies that are avoiding hiring in Colorado
This might just be a growing pain as other states adopt similar legislation.
redconfetti··on Amazon asked FCC to reject Starlink plan because it can’t compete, SpaceX says
I'd rather see disconnected areas get an affordable, stable internet connection, and to be able to benefit the same as the rest of the world.
redconfetti··on Stop mocking your system
Honestly I'd rather have all the units covered in isolation, and leave it up to my manual testing to catch any unexpected errors or bugs, then let our QA team do the same with their own Selenium based black-box testing.

If the contract between two units is flawed, you only have to worry about updating the behavior of one or both units. The unit tests make sure they work as designed.

It seems to abstract the problem for me to the level of only detecting missed integration issues. I don't need to worry about how those units do what they do, just that they do what they're designed, because the unit tests say so.

There's nothing I hate more than making a small change, and having to spend hours tracking down why 20+ tests that are written as integration tests rather than unit tests (with mocking).

I'd rather maintain the mocks when making changes, than have to spend all that time trying to figure out what complicated and huge, far reaching, thing is broken.

redconfetti··on Elk OS – Audio Operating System
If you're trying to play along with something, synchronizing with the beat, the latency will completely destroy your ability to get into the grove right if what your playing is heard with a delay.
redconfetti··on From apes to birds, animal species that “laugh”
All the other animals just take things way too seriously
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