Trying to enforce unconventional coding preferences on a team is an uphill battle. When in doubt, default to convention. ...

Here are some books that have helped me understand programming. This list is a living document that I plan to update as I read. ...

How do you introduce new ways of working? We want to bring a new idea to our engineering teams, such as a new command-line configuration, testing tool, or design pattern. But engineers can be discerning and stubborn customers. The idea needs to stand on its own. And, you have to sell it. ...

A big mental leap I made early in my programming was starting to view computers as something that could be understood. ...

Today I’d like to share a small part of my practice: using a persisted scratchpad text file for jotting things down. ...

One of my all-time favorite programming tools is Dash by Kapeli. In this post, I’ll share some tips for leveraging this fantastic program. ...

When testing with data, I prefer realistic data rather than random data. ...

I believe that luck is part of every professional journey. Here’s a sampling of the luck I’ve had. ...

This is a list of all the best debugging tips I’ve picked up over the years. Some of these might seem obvious, yet we forget them when it counts. Debugging is a skill. You have to bring every tool you have to the job. ...

My development environment depends on several processes running. Here’s how I’ve scripted this setup. ...