A Code Kata: Pagination

Many frameworks provide support for pagination of results that come from a database. However, sometimes we need to implement this…

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Going Native

If I look at recent projects, I’ve used various forms of Git, a few variations on Jenkins, and the leading…

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Notes on CodeBuild and CodePipeline

Shall we use Jenkins or CodeBuild? The eternal question. On the one hand, Jenkins allows you define builds and pipelines…

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Third Time Around

As I move between clients, I’m building a playbook of tools I like to have/make in order to help manage…

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To Mock or Not To Mock

When testing code there are four ways to handle the dependencies that code has: Plug in the real thing Use…

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Seeing Through Frosted Glass

One of the solutions to code quality is peer review. Some suggest that pairing – i.e. live peer review –…

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The Right Kind of Failure

Basic question: why do we write our tests first and make sure they go red? Answer: because it’s possible that…

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A Tuner Day

The next sentence is a lie. I don’t believe in performance testing. It’s a lie for two reasons: We recently…

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The Final Straw

While I’m not quite going to blame Java’s final for the following, I’ve said before how final should have its…

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