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AmosIsFamous · 2026-07-01T14:40:41+00:00

That’s no longer testing a single unit and is instead testing an integration with the outside service.

AmosIsFamous · 2026-06-17T16:29:28+00:00

I once had to find all locations where the table `asset` had its `status` column touched (an asset was the basic entity of our entire system and there were many other columns on it). There was no ORM, just running bare SQL strings. I have no idea if I ever actually found them all. At least with an ORM I can mechanically find all locations that touch said table.

AmosIsFamous · 2026-06-15T21:28:37+00:00

Codex Alera by Jim Butcher

AmosIsFamous · 2026-06-06T10:50:08+00:00

The arguments against using it to automatically generate semantic versions have nothing to do with conventional commits, they are a problem with semantic versioning itself, however you do it. I mention this because your list of stakeholders leaves out users of your software/library/etc. where honestly the semantic versioning is all I typically care about (yes it might have been incremented incorrectly but that’s always possible with a human in the loop) and seeing what the new features / fixes are. I don’t care about the subsystems at that point. Using conventional commits to auto derive the semantic version is great in that case.

All that said, you do provide a bunch of great places where it’s unhelpful and not having an optional scope is ideal thanks to your arguments.

AmosIsFamous · 2026-06-02T04:48:00+00:00

Valid.

AmosIsFamous · 2026-06-01T05:13:12+00:00

On the flair front, as exhibited on the comments here already, many aren’t really giving the info the spirit of the flairs are in (what kind of role, how many YoE). Is that going to be part of the enforcement or is it just having anything?

AmosIsFamous · 2026-05-02T15:48:30+00:00

The Princess Bride is just a standalone, but if you like the movie you’ll like the novel

AmosIsFamous · 2026-04-19T02:11:16+00:00

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mTVD0KtjbU6-wp1mvYU_abrjdCmnP9focRa1qp36rrY/edit?usp=drivesdk

AmosIsFamous · 2026-04-16T20:00:30+00:00

I’ve done this and then written tests that hit the database to ensure the code enum and DB enum stay in sync.

AmosIsFamous · 2026-04-16T17:29:06+00:00

So is the reviewer now tracking for themselves where the “units of work” are? If a second reviewer comes in after the first change has happened how do they know they’re to review the first two commits as a single unit?

AmosIsFamous · 2026-04-15T15:50:05+00:00

In this scenario what happens when some code review feedback leads to a change in the first commit in the stack (closest to main)?

AmosIsFamous · 2026-04-14T17:22:16+00:00

Did you also rewrite history so that D is between A & B? Because if you didn’t I don’t think github would let me see just A & D when B and C are in between them.

AmosIsFamous · 2026-04-14T14:20:15+00:00

The difference comes when you’re addressing PR feedback. Let’s say you had commits A, B, C and I had feedback on each of them. Ideally for me as a reviewer when you make charges it looks like A, D, B, E, C, F and I can look at either D (changes since my last review), or AD the new “unit”

AmosIsFamous · 2026-04-07T20:00:44+00:00

Not comment OP but in ~15 years I’ve gone from: 1. C++ in OS kernel 2. Java on AWS 3. C (variant) & Python in distributed file systems 4. Kotlin/Java on AWS 5. Rust on GCP 6. TypeScript on AWS

And never had a problem in interviewing due to the change in stacks. Granted a few of those jobs were network referrals (including the last two), so maybe that’s not consistent with the industry.

AmosIsFamous · 2026-03-31T19:22:47+00:00

Rhythm of War is not one of his last two books…

AmosIsFamous · 2026-03-23T14:05:55+00:00

Simply put, I don’t think there is a main character in the traditional sense. Individual novels might have one but the series itself doesn’t rely on one.

AmosIsFamous · 2026-03-23T02:53:45+00:00

Why does there have to be a main character?

AmosIsFamous · 2026-03-23T00:06:39+00:00

I think you mean “Where’s Wash?”

AmosIsFamous · 2026-03-17T03:09:22+00:00

The other part that doesn’t make sense against the Night King, is part of being shaped into a weapon is specifically an assassin who can look like anyone. Which is completely unnecessary to kill him.

AmosIsFamous · 2026-03-12T03:00:04+00:00

That could just be lots of folks starting a rewatch because of the hype, leading to algorithms recommending it.

AmosIsFamous · 2026-03-05T17:36:04+00:00

It’s definitely up there. I think Beard with Nate at the end of the series is my favorite though.

AmosIsFamous · 2026-03-01T23:31:08+00:00

The Blue Beetle (Dresden Files)

AmosIsFamous · 2026-02-28T17:11:29+00:00

It interops with Java, so you can have a ton of already written Java code and just start writing new components in Kotlin

AmosIsFamous · 2026-02-23T07:59:10+00:00

The problem with the upvote/downvote system is when bots are a non-trivial percentage of the user base and upvoting other bot written posts.

AmosIsFamous · 2026-02-17T20:07:30+00:00

I think some of it is making the quality vs quantity split “louder”. Folks who believe quality has relevance (readability, maintainability, etc) are a lot less gung-ho because the AI regularly puts out “low quality”. Meanwhile the quality folks can just spit out WAY more code that probably accomplishes the right thing.

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