Posts

Dec 7, 2017
JVM Got-me: where is my stacktrace???
Sep 1, 2017
My Git Workflow with Rebase
Jun 8, 2017
MySQL doesn’t care about your nulls
Jun 27, 2015
Using RSpec Expectations to Verify a Data Migration
Jun 5, 2015
Quick Tip: Watch those Dependency Defaults (CarrierWave/Fog edition)
Mar 15, 2014
On Mentoring: Mind the (Knowledge) Gaps
Feb 11, 2014
Problem Solving Steps
Nov 24, 2013
Update OSX SSL Certs for Ruby 2.0.0-p247
Aug 23, 2013
Postgres and OS X: Round Two
Aug 15, 2013
Configuring Rspec Options Per Example
Jul 30, 2013
Posting JSON with Net::HTTP
Jul 11, 2013
Repository vs Proxy
Apr 5, 2013
HTML5 Date input
Jan 20, 2013
Pairing Tour: Chris Peak and Sprites
Jan 18, 2013
Pairing Tour: Eric K - Working with iOS Touch Events
Jan 16, 2013
Pairing Tour: Working with Presenters
Jan 15, 2013
Pairing Tour Day 5: Upgrading To The Asset Pipeline
Jan 11, 2013
Pairing Tour Day 3 & 4: Craftsman & Their Tools
Jan 10, 2013
Pairing Tour Day 2: Eric Meyer
Jan 9, 2013
Pairing Tour Day 1: I Should Delete More
Jan 7, 2013
The Value of Blogging
Dec 17, 2012
Working With jQuery Tokeninput
Dec 6, 2012
Watch Those JavaScript Variables
Nov 29, 2012
Removing Windows Carriage Returns in Vim
Nov 1, 2012
A Commitment Should Prove One Thing: and it’s Not Your Ability
Oct 30, 2012
Down in the Java Hole (and some recommended reading)
Oct 25, 2012
ECHO! ECHo... ECho... Echo.. echo...
Oct 20, 2012
Java
Oct 13, 2012
Languages & Test Driven Learning
Oct 4, 2012
One Year Retro
Oct 1, 2012
Clojure Minimax
Sep 25, 2012
Mocking Input in Clojure (Thanks, Colin)
Sep 24, 2012
Simple is Hard
Sep 18, 2012
Setting Up a Command Line Clojure App
Sep 5, 2012
Lessons & Rules On An IPM/Customer Demo
Aug 28, 2012
Upgrading to Leiningen 2
Aug 27, 2012
Getting Started with a Kata in Clojure Using Speclj
Aug 24, 2012
Setting Up Google OAuth2 for Authentication With Joodo and Clojure
Aug 22, 2012
Running A Sinatra Console
Aug 21, 2012
Joodo
Aug 20, 2012
Clean Coders Episode 6: TDD Part 1
Aug 18, 2012
Model.errors: DataMapper and ActiveRecord Validations
Aug 16, 2012
HTML5 Form Validation: If Only All Browsers Were Created Equal
Aug 15, 2012
Clojure Dive
Aug 14, 2012
String != Text. DataMapper Types May Be the Death of Me (and another lesson)
Aug 12, 2012
A Deploy State of Mind
Aug 10, 2012
Repository Diagramed
Aug 9, 2012
Vim
Aug 8, 2012
Repository-tastic and a Bad Estimate
Aug 7, 2012
"More Important Than Getting Your Code to Work..."
Aug 3, 2012
Repository Pattern: Day 2
Aug 2, 2012
The Repository Pattern & Hooking Up a Database
Aug 1, 2012
JavaScript Confirmation Dialog For a Simple HTML Form
Jul 31, 2012
Using ERB Partials in Sinatra
Jul 22, 2012
IE 10 Testing & A Look at Windows 8
Jul 18, 2012
Sweeping the Floors
Jul 17, 2012
Daily Practice & Studying the Classics
Jul 16, 2012
Warden Test Helpers
Jul 13, 2012
Wiring up Warden & Sinatra
Jul 12, 2012
Sinatra Struggles: A Peak into Rack Middleware
Jul 11, 2012
Odd Tests: Classical vs. Mockist & State Vs. Behavior Testing
Jul 10, 2012
Quick Tip: Using PUT and DELETE in Sinatra
Jul 9, 2012
Design Pattern: The Interpreter Pattern
Jul 6, 2012
Two Month Retro
Jul 5, 2012
Design Pattern: Builder Pattern
Jul 3, 2012
Clean Coders Episode 4: Function Structure
Jun 30, 2012
My Sinatra In-Memory Datastore & Finding a Ruby Method Owner
Jun 29, 2012
Design Pattern: Singleton Pattern
Jun 27, 2012
"Large Functions Are Where Classes Go To Hide"
Jun 26, 2012
Rolling My Own Datastore
Jun 24, 2012
Design Pattern: Decorator Pattern
Jun 21, 2012
Setting up Sinatra + DataMapper + PostgreSQL (+ RSpec + Cucumber)
Jun 20, 2012
A Sinatra Controller-Type Test
Jun 19, 2012
Sinatra, RSpec and Cucumber
Jun 19, 2012
Design Pattern: Facade Pattern [UPDATED]
Jun 15, 2012
Design Pattern Revisited: Strategy Pattern
Jun 14, 2012
Ol' Blue Eyes
Jun 12, 2012
Interfaces, Dependencies & Abstractions, Oh My
Jun 11, 2012
Clean Coders Episode 3: Functions
Jun 11, 2012
Coin Changer Kata
Jun 11, 2012
Design Pattern: Proxy Pattern
Jun 7, 2012
Design Pattern: Adapter Pattern
Jun 5, 2012
Design Pattern: Composite Pattern
Jun 3, 2012
Some UML Arrows for Your Quiver
Jun 2, 2012
Dependency Injection
Jun 1, 2012
Back to Basics
May 30, 2012
Wiring Up Limelight
May 29, 2012
Clean Coders Episode 2: Names
May 26, 2012
Focus
May 25, 2012
Design Pattern: Observer Pattern
May 25, 2012
Design Pattern: Command Pattern
May 22, 2012
Perspective
May 21, 2012
Design Pattern: Iterator Pattern
May 18, 2012
Design Pattern: Template Method
May 17, 2012
Getting Up & Running with Limelight
May 16, 2012
Clean Coder Report: Episode 1
May 14, 2012
Team
May 13, 2012
Design Pattern: Factory Pattern
May 12, 2012
Deep Dive into Limelight
May 10, 2012
Design Pattern: Strategy Pattern
May 9, 2012
Getting a Ruby Project Up and Running With Travis CI
May 8, 2012
The Beginning
May 3, 2012
Quick Tip: Embedding Gists in a Tumblr
May 2, 2012
Quick Tip: Installing JRuby with RVM
May 2, 2012
Book Report: XP Programming Explained
May 1, 2012
Dipping My Toes In the Java Waters
Apr 27, 2012
Minimax: Part I (no code)
Apr 25, 2012
Success! (Sort of)
Apr 23, 2012
8th Week at 8th Light (Retro Catch-Up)
Apr 20, 2012
Back on the Minimax Horse
Apr 18, 2012
I Should Know Better... But Not Yet
Apr 13, 2012
Brute Force
Apr 11, 2012
Mark it 8, Dude
Apr 10, 2012
47 Failing Tests on the Wall...
Apr 6, 2012
To Fix or Not To Fix: A Tale of Two User Stories
Apr 5, 2012
And Betty When You Call Me You Can Call Me Ahab
Apr 4, 2012
Success! For a moment...
Apr 3, 2012
Step Away From the Screen
Apr 2, 2012
Week Four Retro
Mar 30, 2012
Code Academy Demo Day: Round 2
Mar 28, 2012
Nothing to Report, Move Along
Mar 27, 2012
You'd Think I'd Be Used to This By Now
Mar 26, 2012
Week Three Retro
Mar 23, 2012
An All-Testing Day: Rolling My Own Mocks
Mar 22, 2012
Book Report - Software Craftsmanship
Mar 20, 2012
My First Kata and Back to Code Academy
Mar 19, 2012
Project Wrap-Up
Mar 16, 2012
KISS & Click
Mar 14, 2012
Thank You Sir, May I Have Another
Mar 13, 2012
Week One Retro
Mar 9, 2012
Don't be a DIP
Mar 8, 2012
Two More Principles: the Open Closed & Liskov Substitution
Mar 7, 2012
Day Two: Some Principles and Some Practice
Mar 6, 2012
Day One: Back at the Firehose
Feb 29, 2012
Deploying Should Be a Non-Event (Lessons Learned)
Feb 21, 2012
The Project Week 2: Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3...
Feb 13, 2012
Agile and "The Project"
Feb 1, 2012
Problem Solving, More Time with Ruby and Something New...
Jan 15, 2012
Notes on Uncle Bob's "Demanding Software Professionalism" Talk
Jan 9, 2012
Testing, testing... The Hartl Tutorial
Dec 29, 2011
Exhale
Dec 20, 2011
The Final Countdown
Dec 12, 2011
Nine Days To Go & Recording What I Learn
Dec 10, 2011
The Deep End & The Global Day of Code Retreat
Nov 29, 2011
code academy schwag
Nov 26, 2011
Eight Weeks In: A Review
Nov 21, 2011
no title
Nov 17, 2011
Halfway Through the First Step On The Long Road
Nov 11, 2011
test test
Nov 7, 2011
In and Out of the Weeds
Nov 2, 2011
dawn commute to code academy one month in and
Oct 30, 2011
The Rollercoaster of Capability (Sucking is OK)
Oct 24, 2011
Seeing the Forest Through The Trees
Oct 20, 2011
Knowledge Bombs, Focus and Saying No
Oct 17, 2011
code academy lunch break ride
Oct 17, 2011
Brain Matter Everywhere
Oct 13, 2011
sometimes its the little things class is
Oct 13, 2011
Practice
Oct 10, 2011
A Full Mind & An Empty Cup
Oct 6, 2011
Steve
Oct 5, 2011
And Now Time For Something New