Andy G's Blog

We’ve all had it happen to us.

These days when I’m reviewing a pull request it feels like I’m talking to an AI bot, because I am.

“Oh I just needed something random but also human-readable” you said, as you casually called .Substring(8) on a UUID.

In 2016, Microsoft made a pull request to Node.js that added almost 3 million lines of code.

(Featured image by Camille Couvez on Unsplash) Your manager calls you into a virtual meeting and, after wading through the requisite bullshit small talk, asks what you’ve been working on for the last month.

I had a plumber over the other day.

Photo by Krzysztof Hepner on Unsplash It’s the classic love story.

Photo by Steven Wright on Unsplash In late 2023, Alex Kladov published Push ifs up and fors down which essentially says the following (correct) statement: If there’s an if condition inside a function, consider if it could be moved to the caller instead Gr…

(Photo by Michael Dziedzic on Unsplash) The validation problem At some point, every developer writing user-facing code has asked themselves the question “How should I validate input?”

A local pizza place has the following deals going: 2 medium (12 inch) pizzas, or 1 jumbo (18 inch) pizza Which is the better deal?