The minimum useful README
Dec 19
If a config file has more than a dozen options, half of them aren't being used. The other half are being used in ways th…
What I keep forgetting about timeouts
Mar 4
I used to add a layer of abstraction the first time I saw a pattern repeat. Now I wait for the third. The waiting is unc…
A small tool for big diffs
Jan 22
Most of the trouble I see in production comes from boundary cases someone promised would never happen. The code is fine.…
On reading other people's code
Mar 18
The team I learned the most from didn't have great tools. They had a great habit of reading each other's pull requests i…
Months of static analysis, two real bugs
Apr 21
I used to add a layer of abstraction the first time I saw a pattern repeat. Now I wait for the third. The waiting is unc…