Terraform Notes
12 September 2017
init
import
apply
plan
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September, 2017
The case against TDD
08 September 2017Eric Smith joined 8th Light to do higher quality work. TDD has won, the debate is over.
Understanding the 4 rules of simple design by Corey Haines
02 September 2017This little book is jam packed with code design insights! I’ve been a fan of Code Retreats for many years, Corey Haines, the original founder of Code Retreats took many of the learning he gained from doing Conways Game of Life and packed it into this little book under the...
DRY DRY
02 September 2017We often hear about how dangerous duplication is in code. “You don’t want any duplication in code, it is gonna introduces bugs” I’ve often been told, and for many years I believed that. Whenever I saw duplicate code I would extract it into a module or class. That was until...
August, 2017
QA in Production
31 August 2017QA in Production on Martin Fowlers Blog
Attributes to look for in a developer
30 August 2017I recently saw this somewhere outlining what a group was looking for in attributes in a developer. I thought it raised some interesting questions…
Difference between Teaching, Mentoring and Coaching
29 August 2017Reporting to create trust
24 August 2017The other day I was in a meeting where I heard an intersting comment around reports.
Big Five Model Notes
23 August 2017The Big Five/FFM was developed to represent as much of the variability in individuals’ personalities as possible, using only a small set of trait dimensions.
The specialist vs the generalist
20 August 2017The specialist learns more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing. It is left to the generalist to know and experience the universe in all its glorious connectedness. The generalist sees things the specialist doesn’t even know to dream about - Tnerb Enyogrub Richard Hayes...
Mailgun Notes
18 August 2017Important S/O post about subdomain / domain setup
The Mob Member Mindset
12 August 2017The following was inspired by Pair Programming Illuminated
Decrease process control in using innovation
09 August 2017In a study by Green & Hevner in 2000 they discovered that innovative software development techniques were better adopted if the people adopting them had a decreased process control in how to use that innovation.
Apprenticeship Advice
08 August 2017Lave and Wenger (1991) studied various types of apprenticeships. They stress the following:
Pair Programming Illuminated by Williams and Kessler
07 August 2017Chapter 1
Geometric Sequences and Sums Notes
06 August 2017References
July, 2017
I've just spent a week at 8th Light
29 July 2017I’ve just had an opportunity to spend a week at 8th Light in Chicago, the trip was made possible by winning MYOB’s Into Tomorrow competition where they give one lucky person 5 days paid leave and $5000 to do something they wouldn’t normally get to do.
I've pair programmed for 30000 hours, ask me anything
28 July 2017These notes are based off the talk I’ve pair programmed for 30 000 hours, ask me anything by Joe Moore
Developer Roles
28 July 2017What makes a senior developer vs a junior developer etc.
The key to a happy life
26 July 2017I read this recently and it really resonated with me.
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