Some years ago I had a bit of a hot take that “reusability is a myth.” I said it out loud, in front of people. It got some laughs, and despite there being a lot more to the context in which it was said, I am often reminded of it.…
Something we keep doing in this industry is writing our own API client packages/modules. We build a lot of backend services, and most would agree that it's worth extracting some kind of standard functionality for it. Then, all you have to do is take on that package as a…
I'm... not sure how I got here, but this is what I spent my evening doing. I have been using partial in python on occasion, but it's kind of annoying to have to be so explicit with it any time you want to use partial application. def curry(fn): arity…
I keep my emacs configuration in my personal GitHub account, but choose to use a separate account for my full time job. It's tricky when you want to use SSH for both, but it's definitely doable. Here's my quick notes on how to manage it. Create a file: ~/.ssh/config…
I once worked in a bit of dream scenario. My job was simple: render a web page. Lots of times. Generally this involved background processing and caching, which I found to be fun and full of surprises. The evolution of this solution is an intesting story, to be sure, and…
This has been a busy year! My last job gave me a crash course in management, which was a huge opportunity to learn about working with people and how to help grow developer culture. With all of the new things going on, I kind of lost track of what truly…
Friday marks my last day working at nbcnews.com. I've gotten do a lot of great things, from throwing down with RavenDB to hopping on some serious Node.js bandwagons. I've even migrated to a more linux based ecosystem, which has been great. Over the past four years I've worked…
Most of what I want to write about today can be found in Chapter 3 of An Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calculus, by Greg Michaelson. However, I'll be working through it with JavaScript to try and give it some tangible application. Disclaimer: this isn't really a post for…