Jim Fitzpatrick The Challenge of Linux Of late there has being a series being done by LTT [1] on YouTube called Switching to Linux Challenge! [2] The concept is simple Linus and Luke both try Linux as their personal computer for a month. D... Linux Dec 16, 2021 General
Jim Fitzpatrick Reviewing the different approaches for tracking tasks It would be good to briefly describe what the two different types of task management is and why you would want to do any of them. This topic is very much related to What does it mean to get things don... Nov 2, 2021 General
Jim Fitzpatrick Automating existing process Automation is the best answer, the more we automate the less human effort actions take. I am not going to say the less mistakes are made, as if the automation workflow has a error in the process then ... Automation Design Development Sep 24, 2021 Programming
Jim Fitzpatrick Forcing yourself to do TDD TDD, test driven development [1] , is the practice of writing failing test before you have working code. This practice helps you to write only the code that is required and while also given other adva... Development TDD Testing Jul 10, 2021 Programming
Jim Fitzpatrick Know Your Editor There are many editor's and IDE's out there that people can use. I don't want to say what you should use, that's up to you. What I am going to say is use their features to your advantage. For me ther... Editors Programming Tooling Jun 21, 2021 Programming
Jim Fitzpatrick Under-minding your assumptions This is about understanding that once one of your assumptions is wrong you have to assume there are others wrong also. Lately I was working to reconfigure a service which we had let slip out of date. ... Documentation Team Work May 4, 2021 Programming
Jim Fitzpatrick Projects are not just the end result What real is a project? In this post I will use the simpler example of git-grab to try explain how projects grow really complex before you even know whats happened. If you have not read the first post... Git-grab Programming Apr 5, 2021 Programming
Jim Fitzpatrick Three question to raise a hidden issue What I want to try outline in this post is how to highlight an issue or possible outcomes which may not be easy to see within a situation. I have found that when explaining potential problems people, ... General Productivity Mar 2, 2021 General
Jim Fitzpatrick Adjust to life NOT been Busy This is my view on what it's like to not been busy or to be more specific what it's like when your once busy life becomes, well, not busy. This post is about a year after I become not busy and yes the... General Productivity Time Management Feb 1, 2021 General
Jim Fitzpatrick How to use Git revert This post is about getting a working knowledge of git revert and how/why it may be used. The target will be to gain a working knowledge of how to use git revert to roll back unwanted changes to a bran... Programming git Jan 13, 2021 Programming
Jim Fitzpatrick Git-grab, a side project introduction Git-grab is a side project that I work on in some of my spare time. It is an CLI tool written in python for managing git repos locations locally and here are some usefully links for getting started. I... Git-grab Programming Python Dec 9, 2020 Programming
Jim Fitzpatrick We have moved People may not know but this is a rebranding of an existing site that I posted blogs too. I guess the first that need to be told is not a fan of posting to third party sites. It's the whole feeling th... General Dec 1, 2020 General
