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Don’t Refactor Like Uncle Bob. Please

Correction: Throughout this article, I attribute Chapter 2 of Clean Code to Robert Martin, however I was recently informed that this particular chapter was actually authored by Tim Ottinger. That...

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How NOT to Debate Online Like a Moron (Part 1: Notice Fallacies)

There are 3 kinds of people that annoy me the most: Un-self-aware hypocrites, Mindless bandwagoners, and people with authority but not enough accountability And nowhere do I see this more personified...

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How NOT to Debate Online Like a Moron (Part 2: Call Out Fallacies PROPERLY)

I talked about paying attention to argumentation fallacies in my last post, but now I want to talk about something else that bothers me even more than people using fallacies. It’s people who call out...

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How NOT to Debate Online Like a Moron (Part 3: Stop With The Tricks)

Tricks don’t work on me. And after reading this, they won’t work on you either. All of us use tricks in debates, whether it’s to trick others or ourselves. Though if you’re cool enough with it, no one...

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How NOT to Debate Online Like a Moron (Part Last: Stop Taking Disagreement So...

One thing I’ve realized on the internet, is that even the most innocuous discussion can devolve into an argument. We could be sharing our favorite shows, or debating the best programming...

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My Review of “Vicious” by V.E. Schwab

I don’t read fiction that much. I used to when I was a kid, but not anymore, and I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s because I have a compulsive need for story closure, even when I’m not really enjoying...

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It’s YOUR FAULT People Don’t Like TDD

Here’s a riddle: What do TDD and communism have in common? The answer: Everyone has their own idea of what it should look like, so you’re always doing it wrong. You’d think that a highly logical field...

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“Stop Killing Games” Needs a Makeover

Don’t you hate it when there’s a movement whose idea you’re totally behind, but the people pushing for it oversimplify and condense the issue into a singularity? Or when those same people get hostile...

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