Pairing with Strangers (the Pair-amid Scheme)

I typically pair with people on my team but I recently reached out to Joe Tannenbaum when he mentioned that he'd never paired before. We both took a chance on an internet stranger, hopped on a Zoom...

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Defragment your PHPUnit tests

Let's mash up two concepts: automated tests and disk defragmentation. MS-DOS 6.x included a defrag utility that honestly was just so satisfying to watch. The 90s were a different time, folks. Disk...

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A manifesto on shower temperature control

I had a very shower-y shower thought: why does turning my shower handle a tiny bit make such a huge difference in the comfort of the shower? Why are we wasting so much potential control area on water...

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The Art of Pairing with Strangers - Over Engineered Podcast

My buddy Chris Morrell was kind enough to have me on his extremely chill podcast, Over Engineered, to talk about my Pair-amid Scheme. We nerded out over making - Chris has an obsession with sewing...

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Just how old is a 45 year old soup (and would you eat it)

On my absurd podcast Cheese & Weather we covered a topic Jason Beggs has been requesting: what do we think of this soup that has been continuously simmering for 45 years? Since that article was...

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Growing Into a Leadership Role, and Pairing With Strangers - The Business of Laravel Podcast

I was honored to chat with my friend Matt Stauffer on his new podcast, The Business of Laravel. We chatted about building a large wholesale platform on the TALL stack, building a team of happy and...

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