The Moment
We are on a long weekend trip to Toronto as a family right now. It is a trip of a few firsts: The first time in Toronto, which by the way is a great city, lots to do and see. The first time in an Airbnb and we were totally lucky. What a great apartment! The first time as a family on a road trip, since my son left for college.
Read more →To be humble, one needs to act humble
“To be humble, one needs to act humble” - makes sense, doesn’t it? Except, that I don’t know how to do that. I heard or read it somewhere, probably in a sermon and it stuck with me. It is one of those phrases where one says of course or that is obvious. Humility, like most, if not all spiritual qualities require relationships to be expressed or demonstrated in. One can have a humble mindset, which is the necessary pre-requisite for being humble, but only in the context of an interaction with others, humility really manifests itself through action.
Read more →The Curse of Coding
I always loved coding and writing software and have done it in varying intensity for the last 35 years. This number by itself is scary. I suppose it matches my temperament as an introvert very well. It allows me to focus on a problem intensely and I love it when the pieces of a puzzle fall into place or, after a while of debugging, the cause of a problems becomes finally clear.
Read more →The Value of Unit Testing
A while back I read an article somewhere where the author made the point that unit tests are of limited value, because many of them never fail. An outcome that never changes contains no information and is therefore of little value, especially considering the the investment required to write them. I unfortunately didn’t take note of the reference and can’t go back to double check, whether what I remember is what the author really said.
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