Focustro: Development Notes for a Replicating React Application
Notes on an experimental, minimalist 'todo' app that can synchronise with a remote server.
Applying "Make Invalid States Unrepresentable"
That is "Make Invalid States Unrepresentable"
Files That Change Together Should Stick Together
A heuristic for organising your file system.
Effective Checklists
A short list
Alerts, Checklists, and Lazy Thinking
The most important thing for useful alerts and checklists.
Accidental Waterfall
The line between agile and waterfall can be blurry.
The State-Diff Pattern
The state-diff pattern transforms an imperative interface into a declarative one.
My Principles for Building Software
These are my personal principles for building software.
The High Cost of Splitting Related Data
Thoughts on an anti-pattern
Your Database as an API
A brief suggestion on how to structure a large database.
Sense and Availability
A quick word on how adding services can decrease availability.
A Few Django ORM Mistakes
Some code snippets with mistakes. Can you spot them?
Consistency is Consistently Undervalued
Transactions are mundane and commonplace. Have we forgotten why they're useful?
Database Design: Heterogeneous Collections
A common problem in database design is heterogeneous collections or references. How do we model this?
Tests vs Types
When should you use tests and when should you use types? What information and guarantees do we get for our efforts?
Database Design: Immutable Data
The advantages and disadvantages of a keeping data around, including a simple blog application example in PostgreSQL.
Modern Web Documents
Experimenting with a modern interface to documents on the web.
Haskell IO Without the M-word
A brief introduction to IO in Haskell.
Structural Editing
A short introduction to my structural editor project. Some advantages and disadvantages of structural editing.