Chris Oldwood

@chrisoldwood
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Chris OldwoodJun 17
Choose pair programming
Choose energised work
Choose test-driven development
Choose short iterations and frequent releases
Choose continuous integration
Choose refactoring the code to keep the design simple and malleable
Choose your future. Choose XP.
Chris OldwoodJun 16

[2016] Confusion Over Waste

https://chrisoldwood.blogspot.com/2016/10/confusion-over-waste.html

"In essence what is being perceived as waste is the time spent in the short term, when the real waste is time lost in the future due to rework caused by the missed opportunity to learn sooner."

Confusion Over Waste

Tales of a computer programmer.

Chris OldwoodJun 14
Kevlin HenneyJun 14

Sustainable Space: A pattern for stable code formatting

"Code formatting should not look like the aftermath of tectonic movement. Not only is it awkward to read sheared code, but such fault lines can be error-prone."

https://kevlinhenney.medium.com/sustainable-space-63e054e036f8

Sustainable Space

A pattern for stable code formatting

Medium
Chris OldwoodJun 11
Forgot to celebrate the 10th anniversary of my startup… :P
Chris OldwoodJun 11
I’ve started submitting PRs to GitHub projects with an AGENTS.md file that contains the entire text of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I call it Tolkien Maxxing…
Chris OldwoodJun 10
My boss told us we need to be using AI a lot more for purchasing end of line and surplus stock from online retailers, so I’ve set-up OpenClaw and now I’m TK Maxxing…
Chris OldwoodJun 7
Jason YipJun 6
First, We Develop the People https://www.leanblog.org/2026/06/first-we-develop-the-people/
First, We Develop the People

Hajime Ohba told John Kenagy the secret of the Toyota Production System with two hand gestures. Most Lean work runs the wrong one.

Lean Blog
Chris OldwoodJun 6
Currently putting together a Linux distro that only includes quality artisan tools, ie no AI assisted rubbish. It contains everything but the kitsch ’n’ rsync…
Chris OldwoodJun 5

Kapathy: a lack of motivation meaning you can’t be bothered to write or review the code yourself, so you just let an AI do all the work instead.

c.f. vibe-coding.

Chris OldwoodJun 2
I’ll see your GitHub streak and raise you a Strava one :o).