Chad Fowler

@chadfowler
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Software developer, investor, musician, label owner
Musichttps://mahakalamusic.bandcamp.com
Workhttps://www.blueyard.com
Chad FowlerJun 7, 2024
Erik MadsenJun 7, 2024
I just released an open source tool to visualise code complexity in Java and Ruby projects and help direct refactoring efforts.

Gem: https://rubygems.org/gems/churn_vs_complexity
Source: https://github.com/beatmadsen/churn_vs_complexity

Thank you, @chadfowler for the idea!
churn_vs_complexity | RubyGems.org | your community gem host

Chad FowlerMar 13, 2024
Paul CampbellMar 13, 2024
Wrapping up our first satellite dinner for This Next Thing, where we announced the first headline speaker for this year: @chadfowler ! https://2024.thisnextthing.com/posts/our-first-headline-speaker-for-2024
Our first headline speaker for 2024

Show threadChad FowlerMar 13, 2024
@copiousfreetime @paulca it’s been too long!
Chad FowlerFeb 20, 2024
Robby RussellFeb 20, 2024

I recently got to reconnect with @chadfowler for a conversation on @maintainable

https://maintainable.fm/episodes/chad-fowler-how-small-can-we-make-this-problem

Chad Fowler - How Small Can We Make This Problem

Robby has a candid chat with Chad Fowler, the General Partner & CTO at BlueYard Capital, about the importance of building software in small, manageable pieces to facilitate easy updates or replacements, the counterintuitive perspective on unit testing’s impact on maintainability, strategies for keeping software up-to-date by redeploying to new platforms, and so much more.

Maintainable Software Podcast
Chad FowlerJan 29, 2024
Oli SturmJan 29, 2024
Shout out for Birdsong by @chadfowler et al -- another brilliant album, many thanks! #jazz https://mahakalamusic.bandcamp.com/album/birdsong
Birdsong, by Chad Fowler, Shanyse Strickland, Sana Nagano, Melanie Dyer, Ken Filiano Anders Griffen,

9 track album

Mahakala Music
Chad FowlerAug 18, 2023
DXOSAug 14, 2023

A little DXOS #livestream for your weekend watching pleasure:

The power of #localfirst development with DXOS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HEAxBrKzGE

Thanks @chadfowler & @blueyard

The power of local-first development with DXOS

YouTube
Show threadChad FowlerMay 13, 2023
@onghu i like to use tests for that. Then delete them because they inhibit change 😅
Show threadChad FowlerMay 13, 2023
@onghu @tenderlove I like these ideas. TODO notes matter and aren’t a manual reflection of what’s already in the code 👍
Show threadChad FowlerMay 13, 2023
@onghu @tenderlove I hope they embrace this as a reason to do less documentation
Chad FowlerMay 13, 2023
Code comments have always been worse than useless on average. It’s amazing how little innovation has gone into fixing this. Maybe LLMs and mainstreaming of languages with decent type systems will soon make them obsolete.