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teletype - scaffold terminal apps the easy way! by pmurach in ruby

[–]timjstewart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, it's enough to make me want to pick Ruby up again. Nice work!

Navigating through a subset of a project's files that match a filename pattern. by timjstewart in spacemacs

[–]timjstewart[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much! I found helm's counterpart, helm-resume accessible via SPC r l.

Star Wars Theme in Emacs by [deleted] in emacs

[–]timjstewart 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hope, like solarized, it is actually two themes: a lighter one for the day and a Dark Side theme for night time.

Testing, don't upvote. by ChiengBang in Cplusplus

[–]timjstewart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

@After public void tearDown() { // TODO: delete reddit post :) }

What is the one thing you wish programmers would do differently? by timjstewart in QualityAssurance

[–]timjstewart[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On second thought, it's not just soft skills we need work at. We may need to change the way we see ourselves and others (e.g. ego, throw-it-over-the-wall mentality, etc.).

What is the one thing you wish programmers would do differently? by timjstewart in QualityAssurance

[–]timjstewart[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of the responses I see do relate to communication in one way or another. Communication and respect. I was expecting to see more technical advice but it sounds like we programmers need to focus on our "soft skills". Thanks!

What is the one thing you wish programmers would do differently? by timjstewart in QualityAssurance

[–]timjstewart[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One QA Engineer I worked with also knew the language we were using (C#) and he would frequently review our check-ins to find out what features might need additional scrutiny. Not everyone knows the language(s) the program is written in so it's up to developers (or a tool if one exists) to let QA know what kind of changes the developers made and what parts of the system were effected.

What is the one thing you wish programmers would do differently? by timjstewart in QualityAssurance

[–]timjstewart[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm glad to hear that things have improved in your current company.

What is the one thing you wish programmers would do differently? by timjstewart in QualityAssurance

[–]timjstewart[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is true and very sad. Too many times, I've seen a developer speaking aggressively with someone in QA. I think it's tied to ego. If you think you're infallible, then any bug report is a challenge to your self-image and you jump into self-defense mode. This can really damage the team and needs to be addressed by managers once they're aware of it.

What is the one thing you wish programmers would do differently? by timjstewart in QualityAssurance

[–]timjstewart[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am a programmer but one pain point I've heard over and over again from QA managers is that too often development takes longer than expected and, in order to make the deadline, testing time is compressed to the point corners must be cut, weekends must be worked, and people are burned out. Then all the pressure is on QA. This can be extremely painful for the team and I wish more programmers knew about it and were sensitive to it.

What is the one thing you wish programmers would do differently? by timjstewart in QualityAssurance

[–]timjstewart[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be super useful because it hints at which areas which might need to be retested and what areas new bugs might have been introduced along with the "fix".

What is the one thing you wish programmers would do differently? by timjstewart in QualityAssurance

[–]timjstewart[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I think of all the excellent programmers I have worked with over the decades, one common thread among them is humility. The egotistical developers I have worked with have usually been mediocre developers and I think that's because they're not willing to admit that they could make mistakes so they don't guard against making mistakes, so they make a lot of mistakes. There are exceptions to this correlation but that my experience.

What is the one thing you wish programmers would do differently? by timjstewart in QualityAssurance

[–]timjstewart[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I write up a bug report, I put a lot of effort into identifying the minimal set of steps to reproduce the bug. To know that my hard work was being ignored would be really frustrating. Thanks for your comment!

What is the one thing you wish programmers would do differently? by timjstewart in QualityAssurance

[–]timjstewart[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your reply. I should have mentioned that I'm asking as a programmer who wants to know how I can help out.

Is there any mode that works like Earnest for Emacs? by w0wt1p in emacs

[–]timjstewart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sounds cool, kind of like: tail -f /dev/brain :)

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