Out With the Old
They say that you should never reinvent the wheel. But what if you could make the wheels better?
They say that you should never reinvent the wheel. But what if you could make the wheels better?
I prefer some things to be done a certain way but my reasons are seldom irrational – usually there’s at least some logic involved somewhere.
As a follow up to my previous Unix archaeology, I traced the evolution of shell development across the decades.
For my first lightning talk, I dived into the history of Unix to find the starting point from which modern shells emerged.
Researching and presenting to my colleagues – or learning new things from them – is proving to be a great distraction.
It is a fact that individual contributors to a codebase will come and go. Establishing good documentation practices is essential to enable an effective organisational memory.
#dev #documentation #work
I’m gradually getting to grips with Hugo, learning about how the build process, shortcodes and templates all work.
#blog
Long winters growing up in the Pennines seems to have set me in good stead for the current situation and empty shelves in the shops.
I had some pretty specific requirements regarding a theme for my blog but I couldn’t find anything that ticked all my boxes.
#blog
I’ve resurrected my blog, having said goodbye to WordPress, and embraced a static generation approach with Hugo.