I'm working on ways I can share the practices and mindset that allows me to create MicroObjects. One of the suggestions I've gotten from a co-worker, John [https://twitter.com/jeboal], was to create as simple of a project as possible and show my steps to…
I got Java By Comparison [https://java.by-comparison.com] from Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Java-Comparison-Become-Craftsman-Examples/dp/1680502875/] a while ago. I wasn't impressed with what my initial page flipping showed me. I skimmed it and largely evaluated based on name and example code. Feel free to ignore…
Some friends and I play D&D through Fantasy Grounds. It's a great app, we have a lot of fun playing through it. While we start getting used to it; there's been interest in being able to make custom things. From a couple friends who&…
NOTE: I'm hoping this serves as my reference point for answering questions about my thoughts on NoEstimates. I'll probably expand it over time as I get more data. * 2018-07-05 - Initial Writing * 2018-07-09.A - Clarifying the lack fo seeing arguments. * 2018-07-09.B - Clarifying why…
The HackerNews Reader app is a project I'm using to practice and beat new concepts into my head. It's not quite proof of concept level - because I understand the concepts; it's a playground of sorts. Originally it was a place to practice TDD…
NOTE: This was written about a year before posting. Churning I've been putting off working on the UWP app for a while. Part of it is routine change due to summer. The larger part is that I don't really know UI Widgets in UWP well (or…
NOTE: This was written about a year before posting. As mentioned in the last UWP post; we're going to reset a little and get just a single item going through the entire pipe. Losing the idea of Items for now and focus on just an Item and the…
NOTE: This was written about a year before posting. I've spoken highly of the project Refit and that it's a nice port of Retrofit. I still stand by this; but... I'm wondering; do I need it? I'm getting HttpResponseMessage back. There'…