PinnedJak CharltoninGeek CultureI just paid for a subscription to ChatGPT — and you probably should tooAI will protect your job·9 min read·Mar 20, 2023----
PinnedJak CharltonDomain-driven Design — There Is No DatabaseDo not try to bend the spoon; that’s impossible. Instead only try to realize the truth: There is no spoon. The Matrix·3 min read·Jul 16, 2022----
Jak CharltoninGeek CultureHow NOT to Interview a Developer (and How to Interview the RIGHT Way)Browsing through Medium and I came across an article titled:·5 min read·Mar 24, 2023--1--1
Jak CharltoninGeek CultureWhat on Earth Are Microservices?A microservice architecture structures an application as a collection of small, independently deployable services. Each service runs in its…·5 min read·Jan 18, 2023----
Jak CharltoninGeek CultureWhat on Earth is Domain-Driven Design?Domain-Driven Design (DDD) is an approach to software development that emphasizes the importance of understanding the problem domain, the…·4 min read·Jan 15, 2023----
Jak CharltonSoftware Development is a Creative Skill, Building Houses is a Technical OneBrad Wilson mentioned on the TDD mailing list (yes, those were a thing back in the day!) that the waste and inefficiency within the…·2 min read·Sep 21, 2022----
Jak CharltonCQRS — The Cult of Shiny ThingsRepost from 2010 — it sparked a lot of debate back then, and I am sure it is just as controversial now!·8 min read·Sep 19, 2022--2--2
Jak CharltoninGeek CultureWhy You Probably Don’t Need Redux, or Zustand, or MobX, or any Global State ManagerTLDR — If you do not have a really good use case for a global state manager in your SPA, you absolutely should avoid them like your app…·13 min read·Aug 12, 2022--4--4
Jak CharltonThe Tao of Domain Driven DesignTao is often referred to as ‘the nameless’, because neither it nor its principles can ever be adequately expressed in words. It is…·2 min read·Jul 16, 2022----
Jak CharltonCyclomatic Complexity and Code CoverageIndustry experience suggests that the design of metrics will encourage certain kinds of behaviour from the people being measured. The…·2 min read·Jul 8, 2022--1--1