I like to connect with things bigger than myself.

I fixed the AWD on our ATV yesterday. It was a wiring issue. Debugging software is a cake walk compared to diagnosing electrical faults.

I am genuinely confused on whether I don’t understand my engineering peers or they don’t understand me. I advocate for independent software with craftsmanship first execution. They advocate for dependencies and hack as fast as you can execution. I feel like I’ve hit a ceiling, but could also just be an idiot.

Feast #foodstr

I finished “Clean Agile” by #[0]​. I entered software after Agile had become a prominent word. As a junior I was indoctrinated with the process and saw it strictly as a business function. Clean agile did a good job of two things. The first is telling the story from a first hand account. Most of what I had read up to that point had been analysis and derivatives of principles. The human element in the story was important to illustrating the relevance it has to any human in software. The second element that I appreciated was the effort to describing the agile principles with respect to actual development. This allows developers to see how agile enables them to enable the business and how that dynamic does not work as well from the other direction. This has been my personal experience where business agile processes expected a agile developer toolset that nobody seemed to be able to teach me. I appreciate #[1]​‘s candor and tone. There are few people who do well at emphasizing the “why” in coordination with the “how.” I’m running out of books of his to read.

I like to wander.

That’s wilderness.

Try and censor me.

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There is something about pumping grease that is so satisfying.

#[0]​ I got an interesting question I’d like to hear your take on. Is there any wisdom when comparing the pros and cons of returning a value versus passing an interface? // two options for handling a value. class Foo { int returnValue(); void passInterface(Handler); } interface Handler { void handle(int); }

My lawn mower wouldn’t run longer than a few seconds. I’m kind of proud of myself for tearing the carburetor apart and finding the clog.

Saturday was the first day of ope season in the western district of Montana. The small rivers and streams are closed during the winter to let the fish rest.

#[0]​ I’ve noticed Damus regularly failing to upload photos. I suspect iOS is choosing files that exceed a limit. Any suggestions?

First smoke of the year.

#flight

> “If the organization is rational, then the stakeholders eventually bow their heads in acceptance and begin to scrutinize the plan.” Excerpt From Clean Agile Robert C. Martin #[0]​

Apple Books

‎Clean Agile

‎Computers & Internet · 2019

That if is an interesting condition. How do we identify IF an organization is rational?