Kevin McCarthyspeed up webpacker:compile in CircleCI — delete node_modulesTL:DR delete nodeModules from your environment.loaders in webpack/test.jsMay 1May 1
Kevin McCarthyHow will I know if it works OR deploying isn’t the endI used to be very keen on asking “Is it live?” anytime someone would say something is done. That was my definition of done, in front of…Nov 29, 2022Nov 29, 2022
Kevin McCarthycopy branch name from command line OR the joy of teeny improvementsOne of the real joys of coding is writing silly little things that remove a tiny task.Nov 29, 2022Nov 29, 2022
Kevin McCarthyRace for green OR get things working earlyWhen I start on a feature my primary goal is to get it all working. I don’t care about how the frontend looks, I don’t care about how…Nov 29, 2022Nov 29, 2022
Kevin McCarthyPairing with someone less experienced OR how to keep your hands off their keyboardHaving people of mixed experience can be a great learning experience for both more and less experienced developers.Nov 29, 2022Nov 29, 2022
Kevin McCarthyTraining — maximum action, minimum context OR let them do the thing to learn how to do the thingWhen training people to do a thing please get them to do the thing as early as possible in the session.Nov 27, 2022Nov 27, 2022
Kevin McCarthyRun a test loads to reproduce flakiness in rspec by wrapWhen trying to reproduce flakiness I used to just manually run the test x times from the command line and count how many times it had…Nov 27, 2022Nov 27, 2022
Kevin McCarthyNo such thing as goodI had just finished Makers Academy coding bootcamp and had been struggling to get a job. I was talking to another student about how the…Nov 27, 2022Nov 27, 2022
Kevin McCarthyFuck you, I’m the worst, okay let’s think about it — the stages of receiving feedbackThis came from the actor Bradley Whitford when talking to Marc Maron (quoted from this Financial Times article).Nov 11, 2022Nov 11, 2022
Kevin McCarthyNothing is easy everything is hard or how to feel better about how long this ticket is taking youTL:DR don’t dive into “that should be easy” tasks without allowing for the fact they may not be easyNov 11, 2022Nov 11, 2022
