Simple is Complex
I started reading Vehicles, by Valentino Braitenberg. Braitenberg asks us to consider the implications of extremely simple notional machines. For instance, the very first machine has only a single motor…
The Cache Flush Episode 003
Musings on the need for systems to be able to reveal their intentions; and more micro-interviews from Codestock
Faking Method Inputs with OpenStruct feat. Kerri Miller
During my RubyTapas script review with upcoming guest chef Kerri Miller, we spent some time refactoring a method toward lower complexity. In the process we needed to isolate it from…
SIGAVDI #41: Officially bored with winter edition
Hello friends, “So will you stay here? How long? Where else might you go?” I’ve heard these questions from a lot of friends in the past year. I don’t know…
SIGAVDI #40: Absinthe edition
Hello friends, I found this in my notes and I can’t remember if I’ve written about it yet: You can choose the rarest, most delicious variety of olive. And pick…
SIGAVDI #39: Bird and Book Edition
Hello friends, It’s been a couple weeks. I just got back from visiting Jessica Kerr in St. Louis. We saw the St. Louis City Museum, which I can only describe…
SIGAVDI #38: New Years edition
Hello, friends. You know, the only problem with writing these is that it immediately shifts me toward a pensive mood. Like, OK, correspondence mode, time to reflect on existential ennui….
SIGAVDI #37: Reheated gas station coffee edition
Hello friends, Hey look I’m still doing this on a weekly basis!
SIGAVDI #36: Beef wellington edition
Hello friends, It feels very right to be sitting down and writing this on a Monday. Normally what I’d be doing right now is dithering over the dozens of things…