Hoo boy this was a clue.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110283879760758745

@jmeowmeow dunno what’s going on with that site but it seems barely not abandoned.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110260794849080590

Do you wish #UniversalEditButton had more universal browser support? Here's "Edit This Page", a userscript that does the same kinda thing. Instead of putting an icon in the address bar (userscripts can't do this), it overlays a button on the page. #wiki

https://schmonz.com/software/editthispage

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110260460575459576

In between everything, waiting for microwave while kid read to himself, #weeklypiano returns to #Mordasov and his #Jazz Miniatures. Next in line is No. 11, “I will dance”, recorded as expediently as possible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LePocNiNCBM&list=PLkuryjnRFclTzNyap3TRgLtWxgQmbu5Am&index=26 #pianominiatures #pianominiature

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110255902573850006

@Trevoke More than fair, and thank you for reminding me of Hughson's Iron Law of Tools: "That which does _for_ you, also does _to_ you." (https://genehughson.wordpress.com/2012/11/19/the-iron-law-of-tools/)

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110254206130787620

@thirstybear lovely innit? I tried and failed to get the guy to give me an example of how this could be terrible. I guess his budget only permits doing that while coding.

I’ll be curious to hear if the extension serves you, almost does, could be of more service, and/or incinerates everything in your vicinity.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110253544883520969

ICYMI: Got a pre-commit hook that runs #JUnit5 tests? Try "When All Tests Were Green". It's trivial to add to your build, requires no change in human behavior, and by the end of Day 1 will have saved you more time than it cost to set up.

https://schmonz.com/software/when-all-tests-were-green/

#tdd #xp #java

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110251103668461058

@ellenor@bvq.umbrellix.org @ska yeah in my case it ain’t the chocolate

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110249148791230684

@ska I am now! (Step 1 was to see who thinks they’re being subtootled. We’re further ahead than that.)

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110249073473058941

@Trevoke yes, I need to find better words for what this tiny dumb thing is doing. I almost _always_ run my tests more than once per commit (of course)! So the catchphrase on the thing is real wobbly. What I'm trying to avoid is the part at the end, where the tests wind up getting run twice in rapid succession (because pre-commit hook typically runs them) even though they were green the first time (because seeing them green is typically when I move to commit).

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110245399149937454

@Trevoke learning to not run the tests because maybe I can just wait for the pre-commit hook to run them? or some other scenario you're thinking of? I'm not _trying_ to be dense, just succeeding. I share the worry in principle, is why I'm trying to make sure I've got the details.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110245387345228404

In the moment when you want a change, pause.

Imagine that the change had already occurred long ago, of its own accord. What would have had to be true for that to happen?

Work on making those things true.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110245270417111332

@GeePawHill if we’re stuck likening change-husbandry to something from a high school sport, it’s a _bit_ more like five offensive linepersons trying to drag a sled in the same direction. Still not a great example.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110239850759868094

@GeePawHill I remember being on the high school track team and seeing what looked like sheer insanity: kids my age running full-tilt, hoping to plant that wobbly pole in exactly the right spot, hoping to be able to push it however is right (lord knows I never tried) to go airborne and forward and up over down onto the mat. There are a whole lotta wrong ways to pole vault and it looked like at speed most of them hurt pretty good. It’s all very vivid and ready to be seen in my mind’s eye the moment anything like “run fast and hard and straight at something” gets said 🙂

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110239843003658254

@GeePawHill also also, your verbiage here puts me in mind of pole-vaulting. Dunno if that metaphor can take you anywhere but it’s what I’m seeing.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110239804856867452

@GeePawHill was just revisiting some old thoughts and encountered one related to this: what are some reasons my desideratum hasn’t happened by itself already? If yer such an eager beaver, set to work on those. Also a cousin of make the change easy, then make the easy change.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110239798599971854

Chop scope, carry feedback.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110231895030353294

@JayBazuzi hmmm. Is there existing tool support for detecting tests that haven’t been red since some threshold? Because this one rabbit hole has already been too many 🤪

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110222410900349693

@christianhujer 💯my favorite retro cadence is Mobodoro. Small, quick, and recent, and (IME) makes it more likely we’ll retrospect more continuously than that.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110220195247398013

@allenholub such a special piece. Here’s my take from when I was recording something new every day: https://youtu.be/Nbvvvjnw164 Have you recorded it, perchance?

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110216429244682210

To me, #Mompou always sounds like he knows a secret. It can’t be explained, but it could glance sidewise off your brain until you recognize it in your own memories.

Maybe _that’s_ his secret.

The fifth Prélude: https://youtu.be/2-GW8el772I #weeklypiano #pianominiatures

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110216378110284302

@kevinrutherford added to the “neighboring ideas” wiki page. Thanks!

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110215920588411799

@sevan@noc.social isn’t it lovely? (But the failed discussion on that LinkedIn thread helped me write the FAQ.)

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110215343518398755

“Running the same tests on the same code a second time offers no marginal benefit, costs twice as much, interrupts flow, discourages frequent small well-tested commits, and engenders learned helplessness.”

This might help: https://github.com/schmonz/junit-whenalltestsweregreen/wiki/FAQ

#java #kotlin #tdd #junit #git

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110215244761067778

Not doing retrospectives? Sure, you’re missing opportunities for improvement. But mainly you’re practicing

- Not noticing things
- Not talking about what matters most
- Not deepening human relationships

Teams are always improving incrementally at something. Choose wisely.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110210363403012417

@AstridSawatzky workflow makes a lot of sense, and helps me think about which conditions must hold for WATWG to do any good. Also thanks for reminding me about Infinitest. Noted it on my list of Neighboring ideas (https://github.com/schmonz/junit-whenalltestsweregreen/wiki/Neighboring-ideas) and will add more compare/contrast later.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110204779110032792

@Trevoke just to make sure I’m not missing something, could you say a bit more about what’s theoretically worrisome?

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110204568868297954

@AstridSawatzky I’ve used that one lightly and liked the idea. Do you rely on it in place of a pre-commit full test run? If so, has it ever let you down?

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110204556530241206

@cvennevik I didn’t think I was making anything exciting. But oooh, trying it could somehow ruin my day? _That_ gives me a frisson

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110203286743532619

“Please do not use and do not advertise that extension. It's going to cause damage to your teams and others'.” — Some person who never explained why or how

“Check out my little #junit5 extension that might help you want to commit more often.” — Me

https://github.com/schmonz/junit-whenalltestsweregreen #tdd

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110203169457200498

@FalkAppel@digitalcourage.social Update: the JUnit 5 implementation shipped first. https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110188180155743745

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110189207207555669

@nat Update: it’s in Maven Central. https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110188180155743745

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110189205629588446

@AstridSawatzky hey thanks! I’ve been on a “you know that annoys you, so at least half-ass a shell script about it” kick lately.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110189203829043934

@gdinwiddie I’m curious how the one led to the other?

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110189199544076957

@reinhilde@bvq.umbrellix.org agreed (and on my list to figure out the needed config if someone using maven doesn’t beat me to it).

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110188990321304638

@reinhilde@bvq.umbrellix.org among my various open source projects, turns out it’s unusual for me to feel so sure that there are other people who should want to use it. Not sure whether that’s weird or totally par for the open course.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110188904493306497

Do you like small commits? Do you _usually_ remember to run the tests first?

Make safe, tested commits faster with When All Tests Were Green, a JUnit 5 extension now available from Maven Central.

More info: https://schmonz.com/software/when-all-tests-were-green/

#java #kotlin #scala #clojure #tdd

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110188180155743745

@dressupgeekout just so

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110182625393416565

@dressupgeekout a lovely question. For me, at least these:

1. If I’d been lucky enough to have any of those musical ideas, I’d have felt the need to do whatever it took to carry them out (as the composer did)

2. In retrospect, the beginning contained everything the music needed to go where it went

3. Changing any single note seems like it would destroy the music’s integrity

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110181058272098493

Still stuck using cvs for some things?

Probably not. But I am, and this little wrapper script lets me type cvs diff and get git-style output and paging. Name it cvs and put it in front of your PATH. https://github.com/schmonz/package-rebuild/blob/main/bin/pkgsrc-cvs-wrapper

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110181022066971694

@Brodyberg how is called this book?

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110181003982017376

@Brodyberg

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110180956732600401

As a someday-composer, I hope to write music that’s parsimonious, organic, and seemingly inevitable. Medtner and Mompou offer my favorite (very distinct) worked solutions to these self-imposed constraints. Medtner is my piercing north star, but Mompou is diffuse guiding light.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110180503684943211

“Here’s a photo proving that I once sat at a table with Laurie Williams, Martin Fowler, and Rebecca Parsons.” 7 years later, mind remains boggled. https://schmonz.com/2016/04/10/aatc-2016-devops-dojo-discussion-panel/

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110177388369115982

Our most recent #weeklypiano composer whose surname did not begin with “M” was January 5. The streak continues with Mompou: Paisajes, the first one (“The Fountain and the Bell”). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMTwWB5bYVw&list=PLkuryjnRFclTzNyap3TRgLtWxgQmbu5Am&index=24 #pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #romanticism #mompou #bcn

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110175699728228623

@sevan@noc.social

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110137155336089630

@sevan@noc.social the very slight efforts I very occasionally make

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110137144701010597

Some days you’re the driver, some days you’re the mule. Mordasov Jazz Miniature No. 10 (subtitled “Blyues”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-5-ec3tTwY&list=PLkuryjnRFclTzNyap3TRgLtWxgQmbu5Am&index=23 #weeklypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #mordasov #blyues

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110136366459403985

Mordasov Jazz Miniature No. 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3_R0h1YqPU&list=PLkuryjnRFclTzNyap3TRgLtWxgQmbu5Am&index=22 #weeklypiano #pianominiature #pianominiatures #mordasov

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110096415686035694

A way to determine whether you’re developing an extension to a test framework: are you writing tests that create, remove, build, and run other tests?

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110074973730980103