Boring choices I keep making
Jul 3
I split a 4000-line file into 12 smaller ones this week. The smaller files weren't actually easier to understand. The 40…
A week without Slack
Sep 8
I write smaller commits than I used to. The commits are uglier in isolation and much easier to read in sequence.…
Things broken on purpose
Nov 11
Most retry logic I've removed turned out to be hiding a real bug. The retries made the failure invisible, and the bug co…
Numbers I check before merging
Jun 19
I trust monorepos more in the second year than I did in the first. Most of the early friction goes away once the tooling…
One commit, two months of cleanup
May 24
I write smaller commits than I used to. The commits are uglier in isolation and much easier to read in sequence.…