Ian Wold

Topic: DevEx

2024

12.31
It's Okay to be a Bit Techy in Your Gherkin
Gherkin tests are meant to be an abstraction over the code of automated tests to facilitate collaboration by all stakeholders, but that shouldn't mean that we banish any technical whiffs from them.
10.11
Guerrila DevEx Testing
Developer experience is subjective. Employ the 'hallway test' method to ascertain your code's quality.
09.30
I've Stopped Using Visual Studio
... mostly. And so can you!
02.15
It's Better to be Consistently Incorrect than Inconsistently Correct
On consistency in code and what it means for something to be 'incorrect'

2023

12.09
My (Continuing) Descent Into Madness
It started simply enough, when I asked myself if I should try an IDE other than Visual Studio. Mere months later, I'm now using a tiling window manager. This is the story of my (continuing) descent into madness.