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Job Titles Are Lazy Labels
It's time to stop using simplistic labels for complex individuals
Jul 6
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June 2025
Simplicity, Agility, and Agency
Development doesn't have to be this complicated
Jun 25
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Error Monads The Hard Way
I can't decide how to best express the equivalent of Haskell's Error monad and DO block in Ruby...
Jun 3
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May 2025
Testing
Might not mean what you think it means
May 26
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Module-based Polymorphism
A quickie
May 15
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Method Chaining vs Function Composition
Part of an occasional series on my move away from OO programming
May 14
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April 2025
Design Patterns Are Not Design
Enough already with the factories and the decorators.
Apr 30
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Premature Design Is Not Design
Resist the temptation to guess, and let the code tell you what it needs.
Apr 22
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Received Wisdom
True wisdom can only come from within.
Apr 16
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Disagreements Are Not Zero-Sum Games
Once you stop trying to be right, you'll start to understand more (and you'll be nicer to know).
Apr 9
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Fear, and When To Fear It
Fear is good, but letting it get in your way is just plain unnecessary. Here are some of the many tricks for pushing through.
Apr 1
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March 2025
Throwing the Babies Out With the Bathwater
A defense of Junior Developers
Mar 25
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