If you’re tired of reviewing PR’s, you have other options. I’ll list some of the tradeoffs, but they’re worth a try if you’re losing patience and feel PR’s are taking too much time and break focus.
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Some context on my 1st week of the new job, dealing GraphQL null-able types, describing some of the challenges of being a front-end dev when you are not full stack, and the harder than immediately apparent choice of choosing an Elm GraphQL library.
Continue reading “Parsing AWS AppSync Responses, Elm GraphQL Libraries, and Only Doing Front-End”Speaking the Same Language: Mocks, e2e, and Good Code
A lot of discussions this week on X and on LinkedIn about mocks, e2e, Go vs C#, and good vs badly written code. Watched the threads from afar, and if you squint, most in the thread have different definitions for those words.
I find it difficult to participate because 2 people talking about 2 completely different things, and debating some point of view doesn’t make any sense when the point of view isn’t viewed correctly or the same by people in the thread.
I can help with the Mock and Stub. I can help a little with the e2e. I can’t help much with “good code”. I can’t help you at all comparing language ecosystems. So I’ll just cover the first 3.
Continue reading “Speaking the Same Language: Mocks, e2e, and Good Code”Thoughts on Being a UI Dev Who Writes Their Own API’s
Ruminations on the 2 extreme positions of “You build the UI” vs’ “You build the UI and the API back-end for front-end”.
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