I was on Socrates DE 2025 so I wrote an article about it:
| Preferred programming technique | TDD |
| Preferred code collaboration mode | Pairing/mobbing |
| Current hobby project | Indie retro top-down fantasy-themed puzzle game |
| Apples -> | <- Oranges |
Marko Bjelac
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Software engineer & crafter, symmathecist, parent, husband, board game geek, dog lover, cyclist, Lego architect, amateur snorkeler, fruit enthusiast, Gnomish tinker-wizard
A little "mind connection" article I wrote up after leafing through @davefarley77 's Modern Software Engineering: https://dev.to/mbjelac/cost-of-change-in-forests-deserts-3dfl
I pulled out an article from my dev.to Drafts, dusted it off and removed the cobwebs. It's a bit wordy but OK I guess. Please comment if it is not! Also if it is! 😊
After a long holiday/winter hiatus, here's a short rant: https://dev.to/mbjelac/engineering-vs-crafting-393n
I attended SoCraTes UK! The experience is tough to put into words ... but I gave it my best: https://dev.to/mbjelac/socrates-uk-2024-1d9m
Ged MaheuxImmediately tosses all my existing subpar teapots out the window… 😢
agile_otterBy placing ourselves in a legacy code situation, we have ensured that testing will be a joyless distraction from “real work.” https://www.industriallogic.com/blog/do-they-hate-writing-tests/
Steve FreemanThree types of AI-assisted programmers - Stack Overflow https://stackoverflow.blog/2023/12/11/three-types-of-ai-assisted-programmers/?utm_campaign=the-overflow-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=iterable/
My colleague brought a Useful Thing to my attention: Act - a desktop tool for locally running Github Action workflows! Uses Docker, easy to install and is very fast.
No more test commits & spent Github build minutes just to see if I understood the syntax! 🥳
https://github.com/nektos/act?tab=readme-ov-file#overview----
A tidbit for working with Github Actions: https://dev.to/mbjelac/github-action-output-to-if-expression-and-how-to-test-it-531i
