When it comes to the command line, I prefer to define a color scheme once, in my terminal emulator, and let all other command line tools inherit that scheme. With vim & neovim this took some fiddling, but I ultimately figured it out.
Be more kind, my friends.
As software developers we're often quick to adopt the latest shiny technology. I think building something using very basic tools only from time to time helps to declutter your developer toolbox and figure out which tools really pull their own weight.
I built a small tool that helps you become the most obnoxious person around. You're welcome!
Trying to create my own terminal color scheme, I went down an intense rabbit hole. Find out what I learned and check out the cool tool I built to generate your own, personal terminal color schemes.
Feature branches and mandatory pull requests have become a standard for a lot of modern software development teams. How did we get here? And does this really make sense?
My review of Kent Beck's “Tidy First?”, a short book on the "what", "when", and "why" of tidying code.
Here's one from the consulting toolbox. Path to Production Mapping is a simple and effective tool that can help you understand, discuss, analyze, and improve how your team ships software to production. In this post I explain what it's all about and how you can use it.
A book review for Saleem Siddiqui's “Learning Test-Driven Development”. I think it's a great book and a modern take of Kent Beck's "TDD By Example".
3 years ago I started building a browser-based Doppelkopf card game as a pet project. Things have been quiet. Did I give up? Hit a roadblock? Nuke the git repo?
Learn how to test Ansible provisioning scripts locally
I started implementing a browser game version of the German "Doppelkopf" card game and it's great fun. Read why I started doing this and what I've discovered so far.
Yeah, the "testing microservices" post series got a little out of hand. If you prefer ebooks over blog posts I've got your back. I released the "testing microservices" series as an ebook.
Learn how to test your Java & Spring Boot microservice, based on the "Testing Microservices" article
Learn the concepts you need to build a reliable, fast and effective test suite for your microservices
For many developers pair programming is the way to go. But pairing often becomes challenging as soon as people are working remotely. With a simple SSH and tmux setup you can have a very simple but effective setup for collaborating remotely using nothing but your command line.
Homebank is a great and free personal finance tool. I have written a small converter that allows you to import account data from DKB accounts.