As I face another month of covid lockdowns in Sydney, there are some anxieties floating around in my head that I’d like to get off my chest. This is a rambling blog post and reflection piece of the state of society as I see it. Vaccine Risks So Astrazena has gotten a pretty bad rep.… Continue reading Let’s talk about Risk, baby (oh and Covid)
Month: July 2021
Let’s talk CV’s and salary
I recently helped my team interview a candidate with an 8 page CV. My first response was, “who’s got time to read 8 pages?”. Now they still interviewed well but it was a poor first impression. I like having a 1 page CV that’s very focused. Even though I’ve worked in tech for 10 years,… Continue reading Let’s talk CV’s and salary
Clean desk porn – v2.0
Back in December, I posted about my work from home desk set up. This post is a follow up from that post. What’s changed? First of all, I’ve moved into a better place. I have more space for work from home, pay less rent and I’m closer to a train station. It’s a win win… Continue reading Clean desk porn – v2.0
Using SuperTest to test API’s
I have deployed this API. It’s a google cloud function that returns the minimum supported version for a fictional mobile app. This blog will walk you through how you can build a test harness in SuperTest for testing this API. What is SuperTest? SuperTest is a node javascript package that is used for testing API’s,… Continue reading Using SuperTest to test API’s