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Latest — 08 Apr 2025

The test pyramid is a lie...

The concept of the testing pyramid is easy. The idea is that you want to do most of the testing at the unit test level, and a few of your tests at the integration level, and even fewer tests at the end to end level. Well this is a strange

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Five year evolution of a keyboard

I'm a software developer and a keyboard designer. My current design is a accumulation of many years of trial and error. To understand how I arrived at where I am, follow me through the years and my experience with various keyboards. First Keyboard Like a lot of people

Designing a mainframer's keyboard

People who specialize in mainframes are becoming increasing rare. This keyboard is a design for the modern mainframers (I myself was a mainframer). For a mainframer, one thing is true... PF keys are king. (For you non mainframers, those are F keys). Here's the keyboard and all 14

Designing better electric lanterns

If you have ever hanged electric lanterns you know the pain. A string of lanterns comes in a predetermined length and predetermined spacing for each lantern. This post will talk about how to make a custom set of lanterns to take lantern hanging to the next level. The Problem with

Why to blog in the AI age?

In this day and age, with the advent of AI, blogging is more important than ever. AI will most likely deprecate the search engine. Because AI is often trained using public data, to blog is to influence AI. Unlike search engines, where users have to filter through list of search

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