2022-07-27 | Go, Netlify, Google Cloud, Cloudflare, middleware | 6 min read

I had been putting off some gnarly dependency upgrades for over a year and finally got around to it last week, after a few false starts of… Read more...

2021-05-15 | Go, CI/CD, GitHub Actions | 9 min read

In a previous post, I wrote about how I implemented CI/CD checks and autoreleases for the Python implementation of my random-standup program… Read more...

2021-05-09 | Python, CI/CD, GitHub Actions | 10 min read

In a previous post, I alluded to having pure CI/CD checks and autoreleases for my random-standup program. I wanted to ensure that: Each… Read more...

2021-05-01 | Python, Go, CLI, CI/CD | 15 min read

As I mentioned in a previous post, I'm currently the Scrum Master of the DND Digital HR AppDev team. One of my duties is running the daily… Read more...

2021-05-01 | TOML, maintainability, software engineering | 1 min read

Config files should be readable and editable by both humans and machines. What defines this? A format with a clear specification (for the… Read more...

2021-02-18 | finance, software | 7 min read

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. I am not providing financial advice of any kind. This post only shares my opinions on the costs of poorly… Read more...

2021-02-02 | Agile, Scrum, DND, software engineering | 6 min read

My team in DND Civilian HR rotates the Scrum Master responsibilities among team members interested in taking on the role. I finished a 2… Read more...

2020-11-10 | Git, software engineering, maintainability | 8 min read

2021 Update I'm now using Conventional Commits. You should too. Read on to find out why. My team works on tools to streamline civilian HR… Read more...

2020-10-24 | Bash, videos | 7 min read

I do some consultation work with a Université de Montréal lab writing open-source qMRI software. The software is yet to be released, but we… Read more...

2020-08-21 | documentation, videos, software engineering, maintainability | 2 min read

I recently re-read Joel Chippindale's fantastic post about telling stories through your commits and I noticed that it was actually part of a… Read more...

2020-08-06 | Gatsby, Netlify | 8 min read

If you've read my blog before, you might have noticed something looks a bit different now... the fonts are slicker, site loading is faster… Read more...

2020-05-14 | C-programming | 7 min read

Today I'm going to demonstrate the concept of modular programming in C. Together, we'll build a simple integer arithmetic calculator. By… Read more...

2020-05-13 | meta | 1 min read

I've been wanting to get this going for a while, and now that the 'rona is upon us, I finally have time to do so! Over the next few weeks, I… Read more...