Davyd McColl

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Pair programming doesn't suck

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writing code: Native language or English only?

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writing code: Native language or English only?

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Davyd McColl

Oct 13

Asserting sequence order with NExpect

#csharp #testing #nexpect #tdd

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Davyd McColl

Aug 21

NExpect: not just pretty syntax!

#tdd #nexpect #csharp

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Davyd McColl

Jul 7

Introducing: NEWTS

#typescript #generator #quickstart #npm

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Davyd McColl

Jun 8

Orthogonality

#pragmatic #programmer #abstraction

5 min read

Davyd McColl

May 21

Keeping DRY

#pragmatic #programmer #duplication

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Davyd McColl

May 14

#TIL how to move uncommitted code from one git repo to another

#git #TIL

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Davyd McColl

Mar 25

JavaScript: what's the point of bind()?

#javascript #this #bind

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Davyd McColl

Dec 15 '19

Bind mounts with an OpenRC service

#linux #bash #openrc

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Davyd McColl

Dec 14 '19

Duck-Typing with PeanutButter #1

#ducktyping #csharp #javascript

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Davyd McColl

Dec 3 '19

NExpect, Level 3: You're the secret sauce!

#csharp #nexpect #testing

7 3

4 min read

Davyd McColl

Dec 3 '19

NExpect, Level 2: Collections

#csharp #nexpect #testing

10 1

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Davyd McColl

Dec 3 '19

NExpect, Level 1: Simple Stuff!

#csharp #nexpect #testing

4 min read

Davyd McColl

Dec 3 '19

Introducing NExpect

#csharp #nexpect #testing

4 min read

Davyd McColl

Nov 23 '19

So random!

#csharp #testing #random

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7 min read

Davyd McColl

Nov 22 '19

Lazy props for the lazy!

#csharp #programming #lazy

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Davyd McColl

Nov 15 '19

Efficient, Eloquent Email

#pragmatic #programmer #communication #email

5 min read

Davyd McColl

Nov 10 '19

Communication is the key

#pragmatic #programmer #communication

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Davyd McColl

Nov 10 '19

Code is for co-workers, not compilers

#programming #style #refactoring

9 min read

Davyd McColl

Nov 7 '19

Perfect is the enemy of good

#programming #success

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Davyd McColl

Nov 5 '19

"Best Practices" is a hollow phrase

#nobs

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Davyd McColl

Nov 4 '19

Critical Thinking

#pragmatic #programmer #learning #thinking

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Davyd McColl

Nov 3 '19

Lessons from the mat: #2 one word changes everything

#yoga #learning #journey

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Davyd McColl

Nov 2 '19

Lessons from the mat: #1 the two resources

#yoga #learning #time #fitness

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Davyd McColl

Oct 29 '19

You are what you know

#pragmatic #programmer #learning #career

88 3

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Davyd McColl

Oct 28 '19

.NET and duck-typing, part 2, In which Things Are Enumerated

#dotnet #ducktyping #csharp

5 min read

Davyd McColl

Oct 28 '19

You don't have to be perfect to be good enough

#pragmatic #programmer #codequality #goodenough

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Davyd McColl

Oct 25 '19

.NET and duck-typing, part 1

#net #ducktyping #csharp

4 min read

Davyd McColl

Oct 25 '19

Boiling Frogs

#pragmatic #programmer #bigpicture

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Davyd McColl

Oct 23 '19

A tale of two classes

#dotnet #inheritence #csharp

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Davyd McColl

Oct 22 '19

Be a catalyst for change

#pragmatic #programmer #change #empowerment

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Davyd McColl

Oct 21 '19

Broken windows

#pragmatic #programmer #learning #craft

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Davyd McColl

Oct 21 '19

This is your path

#pragmatic #programmer #learning

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Davyd McColl

Oct 16 '19

The Hacker Mindset

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Davyd McColl

Oct 15 '19

To understand recursion...

#jokes

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Oct 15 '19

I can't say "this sucks" about Javascript...

#jokes

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