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itsjoshbruce, 4 months ago to php

Had a developer moment updating a project: "Man, this is no good; I should do something about it."

That's the judgy part. The part that wants to throw everything away and start over using my current knowledge, patterns, and understanding.

This is the distracting part.

The site still works. The code is well crafted for my knowledge, patterns, and understanding at the time. Time to start making notes of how to get "there" from "here."

#CodeCraft
#PHP
#SoftwareDevelopment
#TechnicalCoach

qcoding, 4 months ago to random

Anyone work on Microsoft Teams? I'd really like you to copy Zoom's "optimize for playing video" because I can't play instructional videos for my teaching.

qcoding, 4 months ago to random

2 tools I didn't think I needed as a Mac user but now find sooo helpful:

• window manager (keyboard shortcuts to do things like "Slap this window on the left half of my screen. Actually, a little bigger.")

• clipboard manager (like "Copy this, and that. Now paste one, then the other.)

qcoding, 4 months ago to random

Many offer opinions on whether they like/dislike #TDD, or whether it’s effective/wasteful.

@stevekuo has conducted a lot of interviews. From his dataset, only 2% are proficient. And that’s a sample of devs applying for jobs where TDD is required!

Some takeaways:

1. Be skeptical when people offer their opinions on what they call “TDD.”
2. Stay open, always be learning.
3. There is a lot of potential for your organization if you bring in an experienced TDD trainer and coach.

qcoding, 4 months ago to random

I miss Objective-C. So let me point out two Swift features I think are a big improvement:

• Closure syntax. The ease-of-use means we use it more.
• Enums with associated values. I didn’t understand what folks meant by algebraic data types until this.

qcoding, 4 months ago to SwiftUI

How can we bypass the normal SwiftUI app launch sequence during testing? We've done this for app delegates, so let's also do it for #SwiftUI apps. https://qualitycoding.org/bypass-swiftui-app-launch-unit-testing/

qcoding, 4 months ago to random

I've never been on a "bridge call" that wasn't a colossal waste of my time. You know what's better than having a meeting about work? Actually working. Together.

qcoding, 4 months ago to random

Join me as I live-code setting up GitHub Actions for Continuous Delivery on an Xcode project — all to support fast, continuous feedback.
https://www.twitch.tv/qcoding
Starting 24 hours from now (9:30am Pacific, 17:30 UTC), and lasting roughly 1 hour.

qcoding, 5 months ago to random

Anyone have a way to disable shadows on Mac window screenshots by default? Command-Shift-4, space, Option-click works, but I want to avoid it.
defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow true does not seem to work.

qcoding, 5 months ago to random

Since I wrote this, I learned that the most likely reason for the Return-To-Office push is declining real estate value, which means less loan leverage.
But no one is brave enough to say so. Instead, they talk about collaboration.
I'm all for increasing collaboration. And that has little to do with whether you work in-person or remotely.
https://www.industriallogic.com/blog/collaboration-beyond-back-to-office/

qcoding, 5 months ago to random

A friend got hacked on FB and lost control of their account. They’ve been locked out by the hackers. What can they do to regain control?

qcoding, 5 months ago to random

XP

qcoding, 5 months ago to random

The absolute winner in our favorite Christmas music is and remains Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1NEhVZrE5HToMBheplYYkr?si=6be760e2091f413b

qcoding, 6 months ago to random

I know folks enjoy Advent of Code for the coding puzzle challenges. And if that's you, go for it and have fun!

Meanwhile, there's a separate set of skills called software crafting. So I'm curious what this Advent of Craft will be like. https://github.com/advent-of-craft/advent-of-craft

qcoding, 6 months ago to random

Man. I went to look at my original Twitter account, when my posts were mostly personal and spiritual. I wanted to see my very first tweets.

But probably because it's been an inactive account, those fuckers deleted my early tweets. I can't go down memory lane!

qcoding, 6 months ago to swift

Measuring and visualizing file dependencies was quite easy with Obj-C, as long as folks didn't commit the sin of stuffing their own files into the precompiled headers. You only needed the import statements.

For Swift, they made the decision to eliminate imports except for module dependencies. This can help prevent dependency madness. It can also hide it.

Where are the tools for visualizing #Swift component dependencies and measuring fan-out/fan-in (efferent & afferent couplings)?

qcoding, 6 months ago to random

Using the FB Messenger app is quite difficult for my elderly mother-in-law. Some controls don't get bigger. Many actions rely on gestures, which are hard for shaky hands.

But I don't think there's a public API, is there? So that I could write her an app? I doubt it, otherwise I'd expect quite a few client apps.

qcoding, 6 months ago to swift

I have expertise in #TDD for UIKit code. What will it look like for modern #Swift and #SwiftUI? The start of a new series. "" https://qualitycoding.org/tdd-for-swiftui-lets-begin/

qcoding, 6 months ago to random

Did my GTD "weekly review."
And by weekly, I mean every 6 weeks or so 😛

marick, 6 months ago to random

I had gotten the impression that Swift was an awkward, kludgy, fiddly language like (bias alert!) C++ or Scala, rather than a language that has that undefinable coherence that languages like Ruby or Clojure or Elixir have. I’ve been pleasantly surprised so far.

Of course, I haven’t gotten to reference counting yet.

qcoding, 6 months ago to random

Trunk-based development works well with small commits when you only have a few groups committing. As the number of groups climb, the "push wars" ensue.

Traditional CI used a commit token of some kind, like a plush toy. "I have the commit frog, it's my turn."

What do folks use these days? Where are the remote commit tokens, where you wait in line for your turn to commit?