The OldWood Thing

[ Despite being almost 30 years ago, and the finer details being lost in the mists of time, the punchline has always stayed with me – it’s s...

This is quite a long post (15 mins) and if you’re only interested in my final musings, and not the day itself, just skip to the last two sec...

Note: This blog post follows the modern recipe style – a load of unimportant background history before presenting the real content. So, jus...

I’ve no idea where I first came across the following premise for when starting a new code change: “First ask yourself, how do I test this...

An interesting question came up at a meet-up I recently attended, where they were discussing approaches to coaching and mentoring. The quest...

Ever since the rise of LLM based tools like ChatGPT and CoPilot there have been quips made about how great it makes as a pairing partner. Th...

Last time I wrote about the monthly Cambridge Software Crafters Meetup which I started attending almost a year ago. In that post I briefly ...