J Paul DaigleinPerplexinomiconPreparing to refactor with better Unit TestsTL/DR: The last time we looked at this code, we wrote property tests. The property tests used generators to create input, but the actually…Sep 7, 2020Sep 7, 2020
J Paul DaigleinPerplexinomiconPreparing to Refactor with Property TestsTL/DRAug 16, 20201Aug 16, 20201
J Paul DaigleinPerplexinomiconA Function of PartsI recently lost my full time job. I’m working as a contractor, but one of the things about my life is that I’m legally obligated to have…Jul 18, 2020Jul 18, 2020
J Paul DaigleIt’s basically “Kung Fu Panda”.First off, if you have not yet seen The Last Jedi and you don’t want to know anything about it, stop reading.Dec 28, 2017Dec 28, 2017
J Paul DaigleinPerplexinomiconMock Responses with StashSo a few posts ago, we looked at how to abstract dependent modules in Elixir to make testing easier. That post and its follow up attempt to…Oct 10, 2017Oct 10, 2017
J Paul DaigleinPerplexinomiconElixir for the Little ThingsA lot of blog posts, videos, books, and tutorials about programming Elixir tend to focus on the big things: web apps, web apps with Plug…Aug 7, 2017Aug 7, 2017
J Paul DaigleinPerplexinomiconIn Defense (sort of) of Side ProjectsAbout two months ago, I got into a minor twitter war with a coding celebrity of some stature over the nature and neccessity of side…Jan 30, 2017Jan 30, 2017