Timothy WesternHumor: ChatGPT Speculates on a Gacha based package managerI was sitting at my desk one day, when a crazy, horrific idea occurred to me. Searching a package library for a suitable dependency to help…Jul 26, 2023Jul 26, 2023
Timothy WesternWhy story telling within a method could indicate the need to refactor.Could cognitive load be an implicit metric for whether a section of code needs refactored?Apr 28, 20231Apr 28, 20231
Timothy WesternWhat to do when your .Net Files build, but fail to publish even if marked copy always?I ran into a very complicated debugging situation. We had a product that was built on top of a vendor solution, that was buildable in .Net…Mar 6, 2023Mar 6, 2023
Timothy WesternWhen debugging, your instincts on where to fix may be correct, but the actual issue is a different…As software professionals, we try to leverage our tools to allow us to focus on the work applying our brains to the work its best at…Jan 6, 2023Jan 6, 2023
Timothy WesternWhen reinventing a product or idea, how much advance communication is necessary, really?Companies often go through meticulous planning of the releases for their software. Even in the most DevOps and Continuous Delivery model…Jun 8, 2022Jun 8, 2022
Timothy WesternEarly on in my software journey, I resisted tugs toward the management chain.However, after I spent ten years on my journey to make better quality software, as a developer, tester, sdet, etc. I discovered an element…May 20, 20221May 20, 20221
Timothy WesternI had a recent project, where my boss insisted on a lot of Modeling up front.So some time was spent creating those models (and when I say model, I mean UML Diagrams) , and at some point I said we should start…May 12, 2022May 12, 2022