Few topics in software development spark more heated discussion than git rebase vs git merge. Both integrate changes from one branch into another — but they do it differently, and the choice matters.
I spent two weeks in Portugal in June — a week in Lisbon, a few days in the Alentejo region, and a few days in Porto. Some things I’d read about; others caught me completely off guard.
Read MoreWindow functions were the SQL feature I avoided for years because the syntax looked intimidating. Then I actually learned them and realised I’d been writing unnecessarily convoluted subqueries for a decade.
Read MoreFor years, a walk without a podcast felt like wasted time. Now it’s the part of my day I protect most.
Read MoreIf you’ve been hearing about Docker for a while but haven’t taken the plunge, this post is for you. Docker is a platform that lets you package your application and all its dependencies into a standardised unit called a container. Containers are lightweight, portable, and consistent — which means if it runs on your machine, it’ll run anywhere.
Read MoreNetwork Entropology (n.): The study of chaos in data network systems; the discipline concerned with understanding how order degrades, complexity accumulates, and entropy propagates across connected infrastructure, and the practice of bringing order back to it. A field that exists whether or not its practitioners know they are in it.