SOFTWARE-ENGINEERING
In memory of Dr. Erwin False
Today we celebrate the birthday of computer scientist Erwin False, computer science, innovator, and collaborator with George Boole in the invention of what we now call Boolean Algebra.
read moreHBO's Integration Test Email
You’ve probably read about HBO’s ‘Integration Test’ Email. Just what is an “Integration test”?
read moreRefactoring a Loop That Was Trying Too Hard
I fixed bug last night.
The bug was difficult to fix because the code was so complex. I wasn’t really able to fix it until I simplified the code. Once the code was simplified the bug was easy to fix. While doing this I found an anti-pattern that I now call “One loop trying too hard”.
read moreAn open letter to Uncle Bob about "Defund The Police"
You’ve tweeted that you feel “defund the police” is a terrible policy. I hope to change your mind.
Ignore the name. It is imperfect. In software engineering terms, “defund the police” is similar to the strangler pattern.
For the non-engineers reading this, TSP is a reasonable, pragmatic, and down-to-earth way to slowly replacement an old system with a new system. The name is terrible… I would have called it the warm hug of gradual change.
read moreGo has eliminated most of my off-by-one errors except 0... I mean 1.
Go’s
read morerangeoperator (for x = range foo) has eliminated the most common trap where I make off-by-one errors. The next largest category of off-by-one errors would be eliminated if there was a way to specify the last item in an array. It would also improve a developer’s ability to convey intent.All I Do Is Play With Strings
A poem I wrote earlier this year.
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