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Building a Briefcase that Deploys Code

July 7, 2017

Hi Folks, This week’s post is a project that I’ve been working on for a little while now. It’s a briefcase that deploys code, in the spirit of the fabled...

Refactoring: Test Vices

June 22, 2017

Hi Folks, Today we’ve got a blog post on a refactoring tool we’ve been using at Gusto we call a Test Vice. A Test Vice is a suite of tests meant to be thrown...

Book Review: Extreme Programming Explained

June 21, 2017

Hi Folks, This week is a review of the seminal programming book, Extreme Programming Explained. If you can’t tell, I’m on a bit of a kick with reading...

Refactoring: Count the Contexts

June 16, 2017

Hi Folks, Two posts in a week! How about that? This post details a strategy called Count the Contexts. This strategy is useful for spot-checking the actual...

Refactoring: Replace Side Effects with Return Values

June 12, 2017

Hi Folks, We’re diving into a large refactoring at work, and we discovered an interesting little pattern in the process. As with many developers, we are on...

A Book Review: Domain-Driven Design

June 8, 2017

Hi Folks, Hope everyone is having a good week. This week, I’ve published a blog post on a great programming book, Domain-Driven Design. This is the book that...

New Blog Post: Deletability

May 30, 2017

Friends, Thank you for signing up to my personal newsletter. This is the first one that I'm getting around to sending. For those that may have forgotten,...