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It helps you think about the problem better. A particular test has assertions that must be implemented correctly in order for them to pass. By starting in red you gradually make yo…

Tools like Kafka and Temporal have been gaining a lot of momentum lately - the former already has some reputation with the latter gaining a quite a following lately. Usually I go t…

What are the use cases for zig? The website says general purpose and tool chain but people who have used it, what it excels at?

Why don't you donate some to a museum? I'm sure they will find a space for them.

+1 for Shortcut/Clubhouse. Simple. Uncluttered. Made our planning really easy to visualise.

OK,noob here - never tried a split keyboard. What advantages are there of using one? I mean they look great - some of them a bit gimmicky, some very experimental. Do they actually …

Hi there, author here. This is very much a work in progress - and currently Victoria/Australia only - but from early feedback it seems like an useful tool. The premise is to combin…

Basically that. I find that inventing something is a mindset - more than a gift - and you either have the drive/creativity to invent something or you don't. Keen to hear from found…

One of the best media players back in the day. I believe even to this date it still is, offering a level of customisation and playability unparalleled by modern players.

Basically what the title says. The places I worked for all asked for a code test before inviting me over for a face to face. There has been some variety but the Toy Robot simulator…

One the lessons I learned during my years of Java development was that we had one single artifact for all environments. Later on I learned about the 12 factor app (https://12factor…

There's always a story behind every codebase. Taking the new team member through the codebase at a high level, telling the story and explaining how everything fits together and is …

Keen to know that too. We are heavily relying on Kong at my work.

Clojure and Python. Clojure was a language that I tried a few years back and never really got into - parentheses everywhere, who needs those? But its syntax hides its functional el…

A breeze, actually. Got all working with arch without an issue. If you're going with Ubuntu I wouldn't even worry as they got most it covered pretty well. The greatest thing about …

I recently asked work to replace my brand new Apple (with the infamous touch bar, 16GB, 256 SSD, etc etc) with a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon 6th Gen. Couldn't be happier. Got a 16 GB…