TIL: Python's splitlines does a lot more than just newlines
str.splitlines is obvious in what it does, so I don't think I've ever looked at what it actually does. It doesn't do quite what I originally thought it did.
Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses
Good article covering all the exceptions to the "an address is simple" rule.
Email is Easy
For decades now I've been annoyed by systems that validate email addresses, badly. This is useful to help illustrate how people often get the idea of a "valid" email address wrong.
Cucumber lets you write automated tests in plain language | Hacker News
Hacker news does Cucumber. Hot takes.
“Don’t Mock What You Don’t Own” in 5 Minutes
An interesting article on what should and shouldn't be mocked when writing tests.
How I take work notes as a developer
I'm a big fan of keeping notes as I work, as I develop software. I like to /try/ and take a lab notebook approach where possible. But, to this day, I've not really settled on the "one right approach".
Here's someone else's approach...
What is TSDoc? | TSDoc
A proposed standard for "docstrings" for TypeScript. Well, not docstrings in the Lisp/Python sense, but comments that can be used to document an API in place and allow for the generation of documentation from them.
The Myth of Self-Documenting Code
I tend to think that folk who spout the "my code speaks for itself, I don't need to document it or comment it" nonsense are at best mistaken, and at worst toxic individuals who want to gatekeep the industry.
This is an interesting blog post that contains some thinking I can mostly vibe with.
Codingfont
I've been after something like this for ages. While I've generally always had my goto font for the terminal and editor, I've never really gone out of my way to decide which font really works for me.
This site does a great job of making it a "scientific" test, kinda.
The comedy and tragedy of detailed feedback
Good opinion piece about code reviews in different environments, contrasting FOSS and corporate styles and impact. I think there’s some good, if obvious, advice in here.
Departure Mono
Not sure I'd ever really have a need for this, but just in case... a fun-looking pixel-based monospace font.
Input: Fonts for Code
Tidy font to remember any time I get the itch to change my editor or terminal font.