rocky.codes

The goal of this post is to provide some concrete examples of code review improvements but really this is about improving communication.

I want to talk a bit about code review culture. I want to touch on commitment and tension but the underlying point is that I believe code review should be a first class part of a software engineering department.

One of the most paradigm shifting ideas I've encountered in my career is Sandi Metz's description of Unit Testing Minimalism. In her RailsConf talk, The Magic Tricks of Testing, she shares a simple diagram entitled: The Unit Testing Minimalist…

When I set out to create this site, I knew I wanted some technology that made it easy for me to write posts in Markdown. One of my first thoughts was to set up GitHub Pages, create a Jekyll site and write away. Ultimately, I decided on Gatsby.

When I started to create this website, I told myself I would approach things differently than I had in the past. I told myself I would work on the content first and let the design come later. I told myself not to put form before function, again. But…

Note: This archive post was published on Medium. Though we have been using Vue.js for a while on a project at kloeckner.i, we hadn’t encountered a need to mock any plugins for all the components in our tests… until today.

Note: This archive post was published on Medium. I try to keep up with the latest JavaScript features but there are two common reasons why I have a hard time doing it: 1. I’m busy. Really busy. Sigh. 2. It’s easy to read about new things, sometimes…

Note: This archive post was published on Medium. At kloeckner.i, we decided to try out Vue.js on a new application. Over the last few months there have been several times I wondered if Higher Order Components would help me out when writing a feature…

Note: This archive post was published on Medium. We (kloeckner.i) have been working with GraphQL in our Ember apps for some time now. I wanted to share our journey…