Flaky Tests Are Telling You Something True
I was halfway through a cup of lukewarm coffee when the CI pipeline turned red for the third time that […]
Rebase and Merge Are Not a Moral Question
I’ve spent two decades staring at diffs in payment gateways, and if there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s that […]
Breaking the Rules on Purpose and Writing It Down
I spent three years of my life untangling a legacy payment gateway that had been “optimized” into a labyrinth of […]
The Only Http Status Codes You Will Use Most Weeks
I’ve spent twenty years staring at logs in the middle of the night, and if there is one thing I’ve […]
Reading a Review That Stings
I remember sitting in a dimly lit office in 2008, staring at a screen where the glow felt like it […]
Finding the Thing That Never Gets Released
Most tutorials on how to find a memory leak start with a pristine, sandbox environment where everything goes according to […]
The Commit Message Is for the Person Bisecting
It’s 3:00 AM, the production database is locking up, and you’re staring at a git log that looks like a […]
Normalisation Explained Without the Forms
Most tutorials treat database design like a math homework assignment, lecturing you on Third Normal Form as if it’s some […]
A Code Review Is Not a Test You Set
I remember sitting in a dimly lit office in 2008, staring at a pull request that felt less like a […]
Adding a Feature to Code You Are Afraid to Touch
Every tutorial on how to add a feature to old code starts with a pristine, greenfield environment and a set […]