Grappling: More FizzBuzz
More in-depth with FizzBuzz, adding the ability for a user to specify alternate replacement schemes.
Month: March 2020
Capturing Dialog
We have been struggling a bit lately on figuring out how best to capture dialog. How much dialog do we need to capture? Is solidifying a decision enough, or do we need to include all the surrounding dialogs and contexts with that decision? Will people in the future actually care one way or another? Decision … Read more
COVID-19 Update
I know I don’t actually have any readers, but this is a check-in update in the midst of this global pandemic anyway. My family and I are all doing fine. Because we are a larger family, we already have a decent stock on hand of many things that the stores quickly run out of (such … Read more
Violence Inherent in the System
What is inherent in your system? Architecture We quite often think about the attributes of the system, the “-ilities” of the system, as those things that are inherent in the system. We architect the system to have certain attributes. The system is observable, or agile, or scalable, or any combination of the “-ilities”. These of … Read more
Pipeline Abstraction
I struggle quite often with how much code to actually abstract in a build pipeline. We use Jenkins Pipelines for our builds, with a Jenkinsfile in each project to control its build. We also have a few different versions of pipeline Libraries for helping out with the builds. All in the Jenkinsfile One obvious way … Read more
Grappling With The Code: FizzBuzz
I hope to make this a weekly video series. Next week is the unit test for FizzBuzz.
Grappling With The Code
I’m going to start a new project, called Grappling with the Code. These will be quick videos digging into bits of code. Unit tests, simple programs, bugs, etc. we will look into it all. Look for an introduction video Friday!
Creativity
How is creativity viewed in the software development industry? There are certainly rewards for creative software solutions to problems. What about deeper than that? Inside of a company, are the programmers rewarded for their creativity, or is it discouraged? Breaking the Mold In some companies, breaking the mold can be seen as immature. There is … Read more