The Problem is Your Ruby
The Problem is Your Ruby, a talk by Jeff Casimir about the fundamentals of Ruby and why you should walk before you run. Read more
29 August 2014
Generating File Content in the Build
Whether your build system was developed by Heath Robinson or you simply may want it to look like it was, you can generate files on... Read more
18 August 2014
Building NDifference in the Cloud
Ever since I switched over to github to host my NDifference project I have been missing CI builds and looking for something better than running... Read more
13 August 2014
Think Different
Dave Thomas’ Keynote from Elixir Conf 2014, “Think Different” from confreaks. Read more
10 August 2014
But Really You Should Learn Smalltalk
From Mountain West Ruby Conf 2014, Noel Rappin’s talk, But Really You Should Learn Smalltalk. Read more
01 August 2014
Methinks it is like a Weasel
I’m posting this older code example of a simple evolutionary algorithm to get it off my hard drive :) Read more
21 July 2014
Less
The concept of Less Code, More Software, expressed brilliantly by Jon Jagger is a goal I always have in mind when developing and solving problems.... Read more
12 July 2014
Angela Harms on Pair Programming
Angela Harms discusses why there are such divergent views on Pair Programming and what can be done about it. Read more
05 July 2014
Perils of the Anti-Agile Mindset
Talking with someone about the anti-agile mindset recently, I was inspired to draw this: Read more
02 July 2014
Starting C# Development on Raspberry Pi
Youngest child and I have been playing around with the Raspberry Pi using Kano and Raspbian images. Read more
27 June 2014
No Estimates Talks
Here are a collection of some of my favourite talks on the often controversial subject of #NoEstimates. Read more
19 June 2014
How to Learn Anything
A quick sketchnote of a TED talk on the subject of learning and deliberate practice. Read more
14 June 2014
Nobody will Train You but You
Zachary Briggs’ talk from RailsConf 2013, “Nobody will Train You but You” Read more
11 June 2014
Computing Text Similarity
A part of the implementation of the NDifference project is finding similarities between pieces of code, specifically finding the closest match between several candidates for... Read more
30 May 2014
Html Link Validation
Writing documentation in html for processing into help files with tools like Sandcastle and Sandcastle Help File Builder means that it’s easy to get links... Read more
29 May 2014
OrderByDescending
Lately I’ve been working on some code that will delete a hierarchical list of files from Azure blob storage. Read more
27 May 2014
Self Hosted WebServer using OWIN
I’ve been playing about with OWIN and Katana recently and was pleasantly surprised with how easy it was to get up and running serving static... Read more
20 May 2014
Creating a Transparent PNG from a Scanned Image
One of the many parts of my sketchnoting process that I took from Mike Rohde’s Sketchnote Handbook is scanning the finished sketch in black and... Read more
19 May 2014
All the Little Things
Carrying on the series of Sandi Metz’s talks, here’s “All the Little Things” from confreaks. Read more
10 May 2014
Text Diamond Kata
Here’s a sample solution for the Text Diamond Kata that I’m using with cyber-dojo: Read more
09 May 2014
Go Ahead Make a Mess
Another of Sandi Metz’s talks, “Go Ahead, Make a Mess” about using OO techniques to limit the impact of messy, complicated code. From confreaks. Read more
09 May 2014
Unit Testing with HttpClient
I’ve been moving some code away from depending on RestSharp and moving to the new System.Net.Http.HttpClient in .Net 4.5 to improve security (and that’s another... Read more
08 May 2014
String Calculator Kata
Here’s a sample solution for the String Calculator Kata that I’m using with cyber-dojo, in C# using NUnit as the test framework. Read more
28 April 2014
Names Are Hard
It’s a common complaint in writing software in general and one of the difficulties in starting an open source project is coming up with a... Read more
28 April 2014
Lean Coffee Rules
Here’s a sketchnote about “Lean Coffee”, an agile way of running a conversation or meeting. Read more
25 April 2014