SemiSafeForWork

In the 1970s a bunch of academics started complaining when software was only delivered as a compiled artifact.

Using LLMs or AI to develop software isn’t new-new, but it’s still new-ish and nascent.

Javascript and the interchange format it begat, JSON, have subtle complexities that aren’t necessarily obvious.

Automated testing is a facet of software engineering that most people agree holds value, but usually the engineer will wander off before offering any further clarification.

Code review is a common practice for professional software teams.

In a healthy project there will be a lot of tests.

About once a year or so I create a fresh React project and realize that over the course of the year, everything has changed.

One day you find yourself setting up a new greenfield project.

One of the first features requested for Shadowmute was a browser extension to simplify the workflow of generating mailboxes.

If you have a kitchen, and that kitchen has drawers, there is a roughly 100% chance you have a junk drawer.