How do you identify when you need to go and learn the subject in-depth instead of slow and steady sharpening the saw type of approach? Each individual would have a personal threshold when pivoting to deeper learning. That being said there are common red flags: need to allocate multiple spikes ( tickets to spend time […]
Read more "When to engage in deep learning"“I am not the one to sit down for a lecture to learn new technology.” I heard this from a number of people every time I promoted an in-company Bootcamp class. Our industry has a heavy tendency to “recon by fire” when it comes to adding new tech to an existing stack. Code examples, blogs, […]
Read more "Deep Learning for your wetware"In a software development organization, either large or small you have no choice but to #learn. Over time you notice that augmenting existing work and replicating patterns does not lead you to any depth on the subject. The toe-in-the-water in software development should not be shunned as insufficient learning, as it gives you a feel for […]
Read more "Deep Learning for Wetware"The third post in our journey to healthy test coverage in your legacy app leads us to integration testing. While unit tests provide us with a way to capture core user and module interchange commitment nothing does the job of capturing reality better than integration tests. Nullable fields and optional values can wreak havoc on […]
Read more "Complexities of Integration Testing"Introducing test automation into a project that has none is a scary proposition. Let’s continue the discussion of common challenges and the ways to overcome them. Now that we have picked a framework that we can contend with how do we wrangle the code to make it testable? 1. Start at the edges of your […]
Read more "Testing your legacy"You have the power to break the cycle of NO test automation in your software project. Starting today I will describe common challenges and how to address them. Step #1: No matter what code maintainers tell you it is within your power to automate the testing of any software project. Sounds obvious yet here you are […]
Read more "The time to add test automation is now"Hey, there! Hi! Just taking a break from learning another thing and wanted to ask you wat was your latest hello world? If not the lates then the most recent amazing “Hello, World!” that you tried out and saw working. Mine most recent one was Python Chalice the serverless framework for AWS. $ pip install […]
Read more "What’s your latest hello world?"Find inspiration in continuity. Start a sentence from the middle. Start a conversation from: “can you imagine how it made me feel…” Engage your peers day to day with home grown metaphors. Tel them something that requires explanation. Have a crappy story behind it until you refine your delivery. Become a master of Dad Jokes […]
Read more "Repurpose, restyle, retouch."My best intentions causing me indigestion I keep imagining that at some level I matter Just keep pretending that I can bring true understanding I don’t strive to be missed, just want to be remembered So busy building legacy, putting forth the best version of me No real struggle – day-to-day drudgery Doubting the purpose, […]
Read more "Need some GTD in my life"The build was complete, the walls were patched, the frames were aligned. I was making the last run through, making sure I liked how the light fell on the image and that it played well with museum glass. Final run through test coverage, all green. Load and pen tests within expected norms. Schema migrations remain […]
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