2022

January 01, 2022

What a year it’s been. A reflec­tion on the goals I set for myself: Read 40 books Only man­aged to get to 31. Start learn­ing French Nope, I…

Carbon Copy Testing

December 20, 2021

Anoth­er jab against test cov­er­age cargo cult­ing, I sup­pose. Teams that cargo cult TDD or code cov­er­age met­rics tend to end up writ…

Drawing a House

October 17, 2021

During a night of drink­ing at a friend’s, a ques­tion ran­dom­ly came up: Given the shape of a simple house with a cross inside of it, can…

A Nice Email

August 28, 2021

I had a nice email come in a few days ago that made my day! Sub­ject: Re: Today’s Inter­views at Forge! Hey Siaw Young, Thanks so much for…

Committing as a Different User

June 18, 2021

First create a new SSH key pair to use with your alter­nate account. Add the public key to your alter­nate account on Github (Set­tings…

The Wind on Your Back

April 20, 2021

I came across a beau­ti­ful exam­ple of sym­me­try recent­ly. Modern times teach­es us to look for­ward to events and to put the past behind…