1. The importance of re-evaluating habits

    A few minutes ago I was writing a unit test when I suddenly experienced a feeling that is most easily described as “joy”. And in that flood of joy, I was reminded that it’s a really good idea to periodically re-evaluate the habits of your life. …


  2. 99.99% uptime in 6 simple steps

    The secret to building applications with rock-solid stability is shockingly simple: …


  3. Jekyll & GitHub == continuously deployed website in 10 minutes

    I very recently got around to building this website. Now that it’s up and I’m thinking back on the process, I’m finding myself surprised/pleased that the part that took me the longest was figuring out how I wanted to host the site. I’m sufficiently thrilled with the simplicity and benefits of where I ended up that I wanted to share. …


  4. AAE

    This is based on an email that I originally sent out to fellow engineers at my company. I probably would have written it somewhat differently for a wider audience (I ony edited it slightly for readability) but, that being said, I strongly believe that acronyms (however well-intentioned) are, at best, not super helpful and, more often, are extremely obfuscating.