SASS is a DSL that transpiles into CSS. (DSLs really are everywhere.) In this case there is a variable $theme and an rgba function that come together to transpile into a button_translucent css class. …

It's fair to assume that this set of blogs won't get much traffic. Sure I'll dink around with things like SEO, or cross posting on Linkedin, but there's too much content for this to get any eyeballs. …

Many smarter folks than I have waxed on about the minefield that is Estimation. Martin Fowler and Camille Fournier have thoughts for more useful than I on the topic. Google and Reddit will take you …

Like most people, I'm mostly wrong. I operate under the assumption that if I'm lucky I'm right 25% of time, pretty close another 25%, not terribly wrong 25% more, and holy hell how did you come up …

There are definitely times when I will want to explicitly write the summary for a given post, but I do like automated things. The problem for me was that the autogenerated summary was pulling in the …

Why a TXT DNS Record is both necessary and fun when it comes to using a custom domain name for this blog

This site exists mostly for me collect things as they fly by. I'm not particularly expert at anything, but I've come to truly enjoy a wide array of "huh; what abouts..." where I take the …

The game is split into four logical modules: Card, Player, Game, and Main. Each module owns a clear slice of responsibility. The design supports 2–6 players (human and/or AI) in a CLI environment. …

Inspired by the Bowling Game Kata approach: let the tests drive you toward the simplest structure that works. Start with the Game and let Card, Deck, Hand, and Player emerge only when the tests demand …