A Test Should Be Able to Disagree With the Implementation
A test that repeats the implementation can pass while proving very little.
Engineering notes from the sharp end
Practical writing about software, systems, delivery, and things that behave strangely under pressure.
wade womersley – york based software engineer I write the way I work: direct, useful, and more interested in what holds up in production than what sounds clever on a slide.
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My favourite sort of Halloween decoration is the one that has wandered slightly away from being scary.
Programming
“Run it at six” is incomplete information for a scheduled job.
Programming
Replacing app.js and hoping every cache forgets the old version is a fairly unpleasant deployment strategy.
Programming
A database migration can work perfectly on your development machine and still make a production deployment awkward.
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Putting the washing away could use a boss-battle soundtrack.
Programming
Pagination looks simple until the underlying list changes between requests.
Hardware
I like being able to plug the same-shaped cable into more devices.
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Passkeys can make signing in feel pleasantly uneventful.
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I remain very easy to impress with something that glows in the dark.