There’s a popular question on the Programmers Stack Exchange site asking, “Are unit tests really that useful?” and the second answer seems to be responding to a straw-man version of automated testing. The comments show that a lot of people seem to think it’s a reasonable description, so …
Review: E-bikes on Hills
I recently moved near Seattle, where traffic is terrible but there are surprisingly many bike lanes. Unfortunately, there are also a lot of hills. For a while, I would occasionally bike to work, but the hills were intimidating and I had to re-motivate myself every morning. Around a year ago, I finally gave up and just got an e-bike.
Even faster website with Bunny CDN and Micromorph
I was inspired by Turntrout to optimize my website more, and two changes took page load times from “fast enough” to “effectively instant: Switching from CloudFront to Bunny CDN to optimize CDN cache misses, and efficiently navigating with Micromorph.
How to buy a mattress online (with reviews)
My girlfriend and I both replaced our mattresses this fall. Because we have different sizes of mattresses and different preferences, and neither of our first picks worked for us, I ended up trying out almost all of the popular online mattresses. I also spent some time learning about mattresses before making my second pick, so this post will be a guide to how to pick a mattress, with some specific advice regarding the mattresses we tried.
Lazy Hasselback Pommes Anna
Do you have an insatiable hunger for potatoes? Do you have a fully-sated hunger for complicated recipes and having to cook all the time? This version of Pommes Anna, simplified and altered to an extent that will make French people cry, might be the recipe for you!
