When adding a library to your project, all the library problems become your problems as well. This popped up on LinkedIn recently. I like the intent. It's definitely something to be think about when bringing in a library. I normally review change history, last release, issue trackers, etc to make…
OH NOES! It's been a month! That sucks. I definitely like getting stuff out every week. Haven't had a lot recetnly. I'm continuing the Magic the Gathering bit. Most of what I've been doing on the site (MTGDiscovery.com) has been around optimizing it for information I want, and how…
I'm a collector. Always have been. Toys, needed ALL of the ones pictured on the back. Action Figures, wanted the whole set. It's... a small problem for me. I want to collect. I'm careful about what I get involved with because of it. I figure it's a bit tied into…
Ride Along : Ktor API on Azure OK - Who's ready to see me SUFFER!!! I'm working on a website... huh... wonder what's got me blogging again... that's right CODING!!! Anyway - website. In Kotling. Using Ktor. I need a host. I'm familiar with Azure. I have accounts on Azure. Let's…
I don't like working with the UI. I often exaggerate and go with "I hate the UI". It's not a space I really enjoy working. I enjoy (most) everything between the UI and the Database. I've got my actual phrasing down to "It's not a domain I…
OK - I'm an idiot. We know this. I'm developing a site (I'll write about it later... even though it might be up by the time this is published... DEAL WITH IT) and am using it as an opportunity to learn and use Kotlin! I've been wanting to use it…
I'd written up an almost complete post about my ToSystem abstraction... and it got deleted... About 4 months later, I'm re-writing it. Mostly because I have NO idea whast I wrote before. :) This ToSystem type had an evolution with my understanding of "objects" and "types" while…
I'll start this piece with the place I will use the factory pattern, refactoring. It's a great way to decouple classes w/o having to rearchitect the inline-instantiated class. It's still a smell in the system. It still needs to go away, but it's a very useful step to be…