Colin Vipurs

Developer @ Masabi. TDD zealot, cyclist, bassist and recent convert to the joys of woodworking

[Colin Vipurs @tddmonkey]

For obvious reasons, I too am jumping ship to https://t.co/nqE9BK6T0z. If you're interested in my yearly post, follow me over there.

[Colin Vipurs @tddmonkey]

@PV_Electronics looking to get a nixie kit- are you still trading?

[Colin Vipurs @tddmonkey]

@devagrawal09 Perl.

[van cweef @malvvvada]

any time a jr DMs me with a question I always ask them to re-ask in the team channel so that it's searchable for future ref, and for others to see - maybe others have the same prob or they have the answer and will get to it faster than I can

I was told this is rude and makes them anxious. is that so wrong??????

[Colin Vipurs @tddmonkey]

@adil_hussain_84 I was given the senior title only 4 years in. I wasn’t senior, I was just the guy that stuck around. Next job I was back to not senior and had to work my way back up.

[Colin Vipurs @tddmonkey]

@adil_hussain_84 I can’t help but think that as an industry we’ve set folks up to fail by handing out the senior title too early. Reddit is awash with senior devs with 4 YOE being turned down for senior roles and complaining the folks with 10+ years are applying too.

[Colin Vipurs @tddmonkey]

Looking at some modern, clean Java today. As much as it is better than it used to be, it's still light years away from Kotlin. The ceremony around everything leaves too much code describing the "how", not the "what"

[Colin Vipurs @tddmonkey]

@BlaueDat @evolvable This is something we’re just about to implement using structurizr. Static site is generated as part of the build and hosted using GitLab pages.

[Colin Vipurs @tddmonkey]

@Hull_Trains @thetrainpal Thanks. I've screenshotted the email confirmation and in-app view of the ticket reservation. Do you think your onboard staff will be happy with that?

[Colin Vipurs @tddmonkey]

@Hull_Trains Hi! I'm scheduled to travel from London to Brough this morning, but the app I use ( @thetrainpal ) for barcodes isn't working - can you please advise?

[Colin Vipurs @tddmonkey]

@thetrainpal your app is currently not rendering barcode tickets. Trying on your website and get an error that https://t.co/WkkeZDwhBU is down. I am travelling shortly and need the barcode - can you please advise?

[Colin Vipurs @tddmonkey]

@AdamTornhill Does the code necessarily need to be human readable beyond a cursory glance that it's ok? I've been playing with generating relatively simple scripts but very much taking an approach of throwing it away every time I need an adjustment

[Colin Vipurs @tddmonkey]

@KruglikMarcin @sandromancuso But wrt to loyalty of the company - most likely no - but those companies _are_ out there. Perhaps I've been lucky, but I have worked at several places that have rewarded my work accordingly. Could I be earned more if I hopped? Likely, but there is more to a job than just $$$

[Colin Vipurs @tddmonkey]

@KruglikMarcin @sandromancuso My fear from folks that haven't had tenure is around shiny-new-tech syndrome. It's all very nice introducing new tech, but did they ever stick around long enough to see how it _actually_ panned out - or did they bolt shortly after they got the glory?

[Colin Vipurs @tddmonkey]

@KruglikMarcin @sandromancuso I don't really see it as a matter of loyalty, I see it purely in terms of learning to make better decisions. It's entirely possible I'm biased, but at senior levels (principal and above), I don't want folks that change jobs every couple of years 1/2

[Marit van Dijk ☕️🥑 @MaritvanDijk77]

If it's flaky and you know it, fix your test 🎶🎶
If it's flaky and you know it, fix your test 🎶🎶
If it's flaky and you know it, and you really wanna show it
If it's flaky and you know it, fix your test 🎶🎶

[Colin Vipurs @tddmonkey]

@adil_hussain_84 If I’m writing functional interfaces I’ll go straight for the verbs in the class name. “SendNotifications”.

[Colin Vipurs @tddmonkey]

@LukasRychtecky @quii @DanielVaughan Somewhat agree. I personally like the decoupling and focus a MS architecture brings. Perhaps I've just seen far too many balls of mud where even the simplest of changes becomes all-time-consuming and has unintended side effects

[Colin Vipurs @tddmonkey]

@quii @LukasRychtecky @DanielVaughan Yes, I disagree. I think it's likely, but it doesn't have to be the case.

If we're _designing_ a Monolith we should be able to _design_ microservices but in reality both of them end up being emergent. Start small and add as you need to - it's the adding thats the problem