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Achieve Cleaner Test Setup with the Blueprint Pattern

The Blueprint pattern abstracts the creation of data models into reusable, type-safe helpers, reducing boilerplate and improving readability.

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You're finally ready to merge that pull request into your develop branch. Do you do a standard merge commit? Or do you squash merge?

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I’d encourage you to give discriminated unions a shot next time you find yourself needing to model subtypes.

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So you’ve been assigned a technical spike — where do you start? The following is my general process for tackling technical spikes.

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The Theory of Constraints (TOC) is a management philosophy focused on resolving constraints to improve overall system performance.

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This design pattern can save you some ibuprofen: maintaining the separation of concerns between business logic and data access functions.

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Articles providing tips to pair program are ubiquitous. Instead, let's talk about pair exploring, including why and/or when to pair program.

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A good bug-fix story has a lot of value. I want to explain why I think developers should spend more time writing about bugs.

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The tool patch-package gives you a super easy way to create and apply your own small patch to an npm library.

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Recently, I worked on a web application with a micro frontend architecture. I was excited to see what this new codebase had in store.

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Learn how you can manage multiple SSH keys to keep your work accounts and personal projects safely separate.

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Over time I've become better at making the pairing experience better for me and my pair. Here are some tips to pair program more effectively.