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GeePaw Hill

@GeePawHill

6 Dec

Microtest TDD's Steering Premise is quite simple, which may be why it sometimes meets furious opposition. It says "Tests and testability are first-class citizens in design." Let's talk that over a little.

As is my wont, I remind you, TDD, and even geekery, aren't really the most pressing story around us today. It's comfort food, a chance to catch my breath.

Black lives matter.

Stay safe, stay strong, stay angry, stay kind.

We can change this, we're the only thing that can.

There are, for any software problem, an infinite number of functionally correct designs. If implemented, they will work. But we don't *implement* an infinite number of designs. Why not? Because though they may be functionally correct, they still don't fit our context.

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GeePaw Hill

@GeePawHill

29 Nov

The Pieces Premise says, "To get the whole thing to do what you want, start by getting each piece of it to do what you want. It's one of the basic underpinning of microtest TDD.

It's a hard time out there for those working on social change. I want you to know how much what you're doing means to me. Geekery is respite for me. But I see you, and I see how hard you're trying.

Stay safe, stay strong, stay angry, stay kind.

I am proud of you.

The idea behind the pieces premise is actually pretty straightforward. All programs are divided into pieces, separate parts, each of which performs some behavior the program needs.

If the pieces don't work, the whole won't work.

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GeePaw Hill

@GeePawHill

28 Nov

Aiyiyi. Even the youtube orgler sometimes finds an acorn.

"Masquerade", penned and performed pretty damned well by Leon Russell, here is performed by George Benson.

Benson is one of the great figures of 20th century music. The dude's a stunning guitarist, *anointed* by the jazz community. But with the release of his album "Breezin'", he reframed himself, as an advocate of lyricism and accessibility. Critics shat their pants.

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GeePaw Hill

@GeePawHill

28 Nov

"All My Trials", Peter, Paul, and Mary.

I grew up on stage. My first theatrical performance was at age six. My last was at age 20. I did all the things, onstage and off, all the roles from sound to lights to props to stage manager. At 19, my beloved mentor Tony forced the community theatre to let me direct.

When I was about 15 or so, we did an adaptation of Spoon River Anthology. And it wasn't scripted, it was based in the book itself. I was young, so I didn't know how shocking and radical the original book was, or how bold it was to stage it, in small-town Kansas in '73.

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GeePaw Hill

@GeePawHill

28 Nov

I was looking for a thing to perk up this playlist, then Beyonce's "Hold Up" came.

Okay, it's not perk-up.

But it's *meta* perk-up. Cuz fuckin' Beyonce, and this crazy charming song.