The online whiteboard of Kristofer Palmvik
1. Write a list of the test scenarios you want to cover. 2. Turn exactly one item on the list into an actual, concrete, runnable test. 3. Change the code to make the test (& all previous tests) pass (adding items to the list as you discover them)- 4. Optionally refactor to improve the implementation design 5. Until the list is empty, go back to #2
Worshipers from all the world's major religions are experimenting with chatbots. But Hinduism, with its long tradition of welcoming physical representations of gods and deities, offers a particularly vivid laboratory for this fusion of faith and technology.
When I have free time, I often find myself asking: what can I do with my website today? I suspect many other people passionate about their websites will ask this question, too. This post is an answer to that question for its readers.
A couple of days ago I enjoyed reading James’s list of things to do on your website and, as he suggests by the end, I thought of a few more to add to the list. These are things I’ve either already done here or thought about doing but decided not to, or plan to eventually do.
We want to be a world class engineering team and company. We’re also aiming to be a reliable multi-billion dollar company. Let’s act like that. Let’s treat ourselves and our teams that way. It will push us to become that faster than we would by continuing to operate as we have been.
Titles typically serve three purposes — helping people understand that they are progressing, vesting authority in those people who might not automatically receive it, and communicating an expected competency level to the outside world.
Being kind is about getting invested in other people, it’s about meeting them where they are. It’s about putting yourself in their shoes and taking them, their emotions and their background into consideration as you try to help them. Everyone’s got different words for it but when you reduce it down, it’s about empathy, good communication and being honest with yourself and your colleagues. It isn’t a one-size-fits-all bandage you can whip out and use to magically solve all of a team or organisation’s problems. Kindness is individual and it takes time to build the type of relationship and trust that’s required to be kind - and not just nice.
The idea is to create a more specific and unique data type with greater clarity and specificity, this is accomplished by adding attributes or labels to an existing type to create a new, more specific type. Brands can be added to a type using a union of the base type and an object literal with a branded property.
In the right context, the icon's meaning is clear. However, the AI Sparkle icon doesn’t always convey granular meaning. Users don't always know what kind of AI they're interacting with in a Google product (ML, LLM, image generator, etc.) or the precise action they'll receive — whether it's newly generated text, AI-powered analysis, or image editing suggestions.
By forcing developers to talk early, you make it harder for technically oriented silos to appear. Instead, it helps discover the natural service boundaries and API contracts in the business domain. Instead of silos based on technology, you can form cross-functional teams that align with distinct parts of the product.
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