Mike Bland: posts tagged "technical" Index of and tag-specific Atom feed for posts on Mike Bland's blog tagged: technical 2025-11-16T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/tags/technical.xml Mike Bland mbland@acm.org https://mike-bland.com/about.html The Bzlmod Migration Bootcamp and the NoVA Live Music Mingle Fundraiser 2025-11-16T00:00:00-05:00 2025-11-16T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2025/11/16/the-bzlmod-migration-bootcamp-and-the-nova-live-music-mingle-fundraiser The Bzlmod Migration Bootcamp is now available online. But I'm more excited about the NoVA Live Music Mingle Meetup fundraiser I participated in last night to benefit disabled adults in Northern Virginia. Copyright 2025 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Bzlmod: Maintaining Compatibility, Part 4 2025-10-09T00:00:00-04:00 2025-10-09T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2025/10/09/bzlmod-maintaining-compatibility-part-4 My twelfth (and possibly final) EngFlow Bzlmod blog post covers how to write a test to validate compatibility with older Bazels and dependencies. I'm also really excited for the Bzlmod Migration Bootcamp at BazelCon. Copyright 2025 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Bzlmod: Maintaining Compatibility, Part 3 2025-09-03T00:00:00-04:00 2025-09-03T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2025/09/03/bzlmod-maintaining-compatibility-part-3 My eleventh EngFlow Bzlmod blog post covers Bazel testing strategies and techniques I learned from working on <code>rules_scala</code>. Speaking of which, I've a bit of an announcement to make about that. Copyright 2025 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Bzlmod: Maintaining Compatibility, Part 2 2025-07-18T00:00:00-04:00 2025-07-18T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2025/07/18/bzlmod-maintaining-compatibility-part-2 My tenth EngFlow Bzlmod blog post covers updating workspace configuration macros using <code>Label</code> to remain compatible with both legacy <code>WORKSPACE</code> and Bzlmod builds. It's a doozy. Copyright 2025 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Bzlmod: Maintaining Compatibility, Part 1 2025-07-08T00:00:00-04:00 2025-07-08T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2025/07/08/bzlmod-maintaining-compatibility-part-1 I've published my ninth EngFlow Bzlmod blog post, about keeping a Bazel module compatible with WORKSPACE builds and a range of dependency versions. Also, I'll be teaching a Bzlmod Migration Bootcamp at BazelCon in November. Copyright 2025 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Bzlmod: Toolchainization and rules_scala v7.0.0 2025-05-14T00:00:00-04:00 2025-05-14T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2025/05/14/bzlmod-toolchainization I've published my eighth EngFlow blog post about Bzlmod, about some of the most significant work I performed to make rules_scala Bzlmod compatible. Copyright 2025 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Bzlmod: Repo Names, Again… 2025-04-17T00:00:00-04:00 2025-04-17T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2025/04/17/bzlmod-repo-names-again I've published my seventh EngFlow blog post about Bzlmod, about repo names...again. But this time from the perspective of the rule set, not its users. Hopefully I won't have to write 1,068 more repo name posts. Copyright 2025 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Bzlmod: Fixing and Patching Breakages 2025-03-25T00:00:00-04:00 2025-03-25T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2025/03/25/bzlmod-fixing-and-patching-breakages I've published my sixth EngFlow blog post, about using patches to fix incompatibilities and breakges in dependencies that aren't yet Bzlmod compatible. Still need to get back to that &quot;humanity&quot; thing. Copyright 2025 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Bzlmod: Module Extensions 2025-01-16T00:00:00-05:00 2025-01-16T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2025/01/16/bzlmod-module-extensions I've published my fifth EngFlow blog post, about writing your own module extensions to adapt dependencies that aren't yet Bzlmod compatible. Copyright 2025 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Quick EngFlow Blog and Bzlmod livestream announcement 2024-11-14T00:00:00-05:00 2024-11-14T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2024/11/14/quick-engflow-blog-and-bzlmod-livestream-announcement I've published another EngFlow blog post, but not about Bzlmod this time. I will, however, be talking live on the Internet about Bzlmod tomorrow. Copyright 2024 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Bzlmod: Repo Names, Macros, and Variables 2024-09-06T00:00:00-04:00 2024-09-06T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2024/09/06/bzlmod-repo-names-macros-and-variables I've published my fourth EngFlow blog post, about accessing canonical repository names under Bzlmod in a portable way using macros or custom Make variables. Copyright 2024 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Bzlmod: Repo Names and rules_pkg 2024-08-20T00:00:00-04:00 2024-08-20T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2024/08/20/bzlmod-repo-names-and-rules-pkg I've published my third EngFlow blog post, about the proper use of Bazel's rules_pkg and avoiding silent breakages. Copyright 2024 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Bzlmod: Repo Names and Runfiles 2024-08-09T00:00:00-04:00 2024-08-09T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2024/08/09/bzlmod-repo-names-and-runfiles I've published my second EngFlow blog post, explaining the necessity of using runfiles libraries with Bzlmod. It also tries to fill a lot of runfiles documentation gaps in general. Copyright 2024 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. EngFlow and Migrating to Bzlmod 2024-07-01T00:00:00-04:00 2024-07-01T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2024/07/01/engflow-and-migrating-to-bzlmod I ended my post-Apple sabbatical by joining EngFlow in March, which is at once a new start and a bit of a homecoming. I also just published my first EngFlow blog post, Migrating to Bazel Modules (a.k.a. Bzlmod). Copyright 2024 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Narrowing the Imagination Gap with the Test Pyramid in Action 2024-01-23T00:00:00-05:00 2024-01-23T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2024/01/23/narrowing-the-information-gap-with-the-test-pyramid-in-action The &quot;Making Software Quality Visible&quot; series will resume shortly. Before that, I'm excited to share a new training project I've developed. I'm also about ready to start a business or find another job soon. Copyright 2024 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Vital Signs Reveal the Matrix 2023-09-18T00:00:00-04:00 2023-09-18T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2023/09/18/vital-signs-reveal-the-matrix Vital Signs are a collection of signals designed by a team to monitor project and process health and to resolve problems quickly. This is as opposed to so-called, performative &quot;data-driven decision making.&quot; Copyright 2023 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Contract/Collaboration Tests and Internal APIs 2023-09-08T00:00:00-04:00 2023-09-08T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2023/09/08/contract-collaboration-tests-and-internal-apis Contract and Collaboration tests are medium sized tests that validate how one's own code interacts with an external dependency. Internal APIs are adapters that insulate most of your code from changes in such dependencies. Copyright 2023 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Test Doubles 2023-09-06T00:00:00-04:00 2023-09-06T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2023/09/06/test-doubles Test Doubles are lightweight, controllable objects that replace production dependencies in smaller tests. Adding seams in your logic to accommodate them enables much faster, more reliable, more thorough testing. Copyright 2023 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Legacy code, seams, and the most important design guideline 2023-08-23T00:00:00-04:00 2023-08-23T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2023/08/23/legacy-code-seams-and-the-most-important-design-guideline Michael Feathers's definition of "legacy code," his concept of "seams," and Scott Meyers's "most important design guideline" are profound insights. Perhaps my "electrical outlet" example will also prove useful. Copyright 2023 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Code duplication, large changes, and bad excuses 2023-08-21T00:00:00-04:00 2023-08-21T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2023/08/21/code-duplication-large-changes-and-bad-excuses Developers (and those who work with them) are often misguided regarding the tradeoffs between quality, risk, and productivity. Here I take aim at two common bad habits and one common bad attitude. Copyright 2023 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Converting Keynote graphics to SVG 2023-08-14T00:00:00-04:00 2023-08-14T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2023/08/14/converting-keynote-graphics-to-svg This is how I figured out how to import Keynote images into my blog as SVG images that scale to any size and are stylable. Copyright 2023 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Formative Experiences at Google 2023-08-02T00:00:00-04:00 2023-08-02T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2023/08/02/formative-experiences-google I learned much more about software quality and automated testing at Google—but more importantly, I began learning how to change culture. Copyright 2023 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Formative Experiences at Northrop Grumman Mission Systems 2023-07-17T00:00:00-04:00 2023-07-17T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2023/07/17/formative-experiences-ngms My first exposure to software quality issues and automated testing happened by accident while working on navigation systems for US Coast Guard and Navy vessels. Copyright 2023 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Starting the Making Software Quality Visible blog series 2023-07-11T00:00:00-04:00 2023-07-11T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2023/07/11/starting-the-making-software-quality-visible-blog-series This is the first post in a long upcoming series to discuss and refine the Making Software Quality Visible presentation. Copyright 2023 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Video on the value of smaller tests 2023-06-23T00:00:00-04:00 2023-06-23T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2023/06/23/video-on-the-value-of-smaller-tests A serendipitous find demonstrates that, at a high level, systems are systems, and the Quality Mindset applies to them all. Copyright 2023 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Please unsubscribe if unexpected 2023-06-14T00:00:00-04:00 2023-06-14T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2023/06/14/please-unsubscribe-if-unexpected The unsubscribe link is at the very end of the email, if that's how you're reading this. I'll also explain what's going on, and what I've been up to. Copyright 2023 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. go-script-bash v1.7.0 2017-10-08T00:00:00-04:00 2017-10-08T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2017/10/08/go-script-bash-v1.7.0 I've released go-script-bash v1.7.0, which contains powerful new test helpers and file system modules, as well as project management improvements. Copyright 2017 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. go-script-bash v1.6.0 2017-08-27T00:00:00-04:00 2017-08-27T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2017/08/27/go-script-bash-v1.6.0 I've released go-script-bash v1.6.0, a small release featuring its first user-contributed feature! Copyright 2017 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Custom Links 2017-08-11T11:55:00-04:00 2017-08-11T11:55:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2017/08/11/custom-links Some wheels were meant for reinventing—if sometimes only because we need to teach ourselves how they work! Copyright 2017 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Where in the world am I? 2017-06-17T00:00:00-04:00 2017-06-17T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2017/06/17/where-in-the-world-am-i For most of this time, I've been working in Barcelona with my first paying client, started a new project, wrote a new talk, and have been touring across Europe. Copyright 2017 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. go-script-bash v1.5.0 2017-04-05T00:00:00-04:00 2017-04-05T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2017/04/05/go-script-bash-v1.5.0 I've released go-script-bash v1.5.0, a relatively small release introducing the lib/prompt and lib/existence modules. Copyright 2017 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. go-script-bash v1.4.0 2017-03-23T00:00:00-04:00 2017-03-23T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2017/03/23/go-script-bash-v1.4.0 I've released go-script-bash v1.4.0, another large update that includes massive test performance improvements, amongst other significant new features Copyright 2017 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Switching to Let's Encrypt with HPKP, Part 0 2017-02-07T00:00:00-05:00 2017-02-07T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2017/02/07/switching-to-lets-encrypt-with-hpkp-part-0 This blog now features a Let's Encrypt certificate with HPKP, and I hope to share insights and tooling that may be of use to others. Copyright 2017 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. go-script-bash v1.3.0 2017-01-16T00:00:00-05:00 2017-01-16T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2017/01/16/go-script-bash-v1.3.0 I've just released go-script-bash v1.3.0, which is a massive update, especially for logging and automated testing features Copyright 2017 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. go-script-bash v1.1.0 2016-11-27T00:00:00-05:00 2016-11-27T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2016/11/27/go-script-bash-v1.1.0 I've just released go-script-bash v1.1.0, which adds some major new features, two new builtin commands, and multiple bug fixes and internal improvements. Copyright 2016 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. .about.yml background 2016-11-04T00:00:00-04:00 2016-11-04T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2016/11/04/about-yml-background Some background on the .about.yml project metadata format prompted by an unexpected inquiry from the TODO Group. Copyright 2016 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. The Convergence of Wills (Surge 2016 Edition) 2016-10-21T00:00:00-04:00 2016-10-21T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2016/10/21/the-convergence-of-wills-surge-2016-edition The video of the Surge 2016 version of &quot;The Convergence of Wills&quot;, probably my favorite iteration of the talk so far, is now available. Plus a bonus go-script-bash lightning talk! Copyright 2016 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. hubot-slack-reaction-example 2016-10-05T00:00:00-04:00 2016-10-05T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2016/10/05/hubot-slack-reaction-example Just posted a &quot;Hello, World!&quot; example for the new <code>ReactionMessage</code> type I added to the <code>hubot-slack</code> npm. Copyright 2016 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. go-script-bash v1.0.0 2016-09-16T00:00:00-04:00 2016-09-16T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2016/09/16/go-script-bash-v1.0.0 I've been obsessed with writing a framework for ./go scripts in Bash, and have just released v1.0.0. Copyright 2016 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Of bots and docs 2016-01-27T00:00:00-05:00 2016-01-27T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2016/01/27/of-bots-and-docs I've written a Slack bot in Node.js that files GitHub issues, and a unit testing tutorial in Node.js based on the bot. Copyright 2016 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. The Worst Computer Science Joke Ever 2015-12-09T00:00:00-05:00 2015-12-09T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2015/12/09/worst-computer-science-joke-ever Sometimes, when inspiration strikes, it isn't pretty; in fact, it can be downright painful and horrid. Please don't read this post. Copyright 2015 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Getting Go on Plan 9 2015-06-08T00:00:00-04:00 2015-06-08T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2015/06/08/getting-go-on-plan-9 After a bit of hunting and poking around, I got my Plan 9 virtual machine on the net, installed the Go programming language, and made good on a promise. Copyright 2015 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Plan 9 on VMware Fusion 7.1.1 2015-06-07T00:00:00-04:00 2015-06-07T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2015/06/07/plan-9-on-vmware-fusion-7.1.1 I've finally gotten Plan 9 and its rio windowing system running successfully under VMware Fusion 7.1.1 on OS X 10.10.3 and feel like shouting about it. Copyright 2015 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Giving Back to Open Source 18F Blog Post 2015-06-03T00:00:00-04:00 2015-06-03T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2015/06/03/giving-back-to-open-source I've written a new 18F blog post describing my experience using Bitly's oauth2_proxy for the 18F Hub and contributing code changes back to it. Copyright 2015 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. OpenSSL Makefile Refactoring Report 2014-08-11T00:00:00-04:00 2014-08-11T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2014/08/11/openssl-makefile-refactoring-report I've produced a report on the early, promising results of my OpenSSL makefile refactoring experiment, in which I was successful using GNU make. Copyright 2014 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Makefile Refactoring 2014-06-26T00:00:00-04:00 2014-06-26T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2014/06/26/makefile-refactoring I'm experimenting with refactoring OpenSSL's existing recursive Make structure into a top-Makefile-with-includes structure. Copyright 2014 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. OpenSSL Testing 2014-06-06T00:00:00-04:00 2014-06-06T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2014/06/06/openssl-testing To launch the effort to add unit/automated tests to OpenSSL, I've created OpenSSL wiki pages and created the openssl-testing Google Group Copyright 2014 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. The Pseudo-xUnit Pattern 2014-06-05T00:00:00-04:00 2014-06-05T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2014/06/05/pseudo-xunit-pattern While writing the tests for the &quot;goto fail&quot; and Heartbleed bugs, I stumbled upon an xUnit-like pattern for writing tests without a framework. Copyright 2014 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Heartbleed 2014-04-12T10:30:00-04:00 2014-04-12T10:30:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2014/04/12/heartbleed I've written a complete proof-of-concept unit and regression test for the Heartbleed bug, and am pretty happy with it Copyright 2014 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Heartbleed Proof-of-Concept Unit Test 2014-04-12T00:30:00-04:00 2014-04-12T00:30:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2014/04/12/heartbleed-proof-of-concept-unit-test I wrote a rough skeleton of a proof-of-concept unit test for the Heartbleed bug that I hope to polish and complete over the weekend Copyright 2014 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Playing the Changes Hack, Continued 2014-03-17T00:00:00-04:00 2014-03-17T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2014/03/17/playing-the-changes-hack-continued Wrote a new script to update the tags for the playingthechanges.com MP3 files before importing them into iTunes, and accepted a challenge from David Plass Copyright 2014 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Playing the Changes Hack 2014-03-14T00:00:00-04:00 2014-03-14T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2014/03/14/playing-the-changes-hack My programming skills still come into play at Berklee, as I wrote a Python script to download the MP3 files from the Playing the Changes website Copyright 2014 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Test Mercenary (Slight Return) 2014-03-04T00:00:00-05:00 2014-03-04T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2014/03/04/test-mercenary-slight-return I've published a new article on AutoTest Central about the Testing Grouplet's Small, Medium, and Large test size schema, and more on the Apple bug. Copyright 2014 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Finding the Worm 2014-02-25T00:00:00-05:00 2014-02-25T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2014/02/25/finding-the-worm Apple's recent SSL security bug compelled me to write a blog post for AutoTest Central illustrating how unit testing could've helped prevent it Copyright 2014 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Go, Oh So Close to Perfect! 2013-12-03T00:00:00-05:00 2013-12-03T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2013/12/03/go-oh-so-close-to-perfect The recent Go 1.2 release contains genius test coverage features, but the announcement illustrating them contains an annoying flaw Copyright 2013 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Extracting Album Artwork From iTunes 11 2013-03-07T00:00:00-05:00 2013-03-07T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2013/03/07/extracting-album-artwork-from-itunes-11 Extracting the album artwork for Jimi Hendrix's &quot;People, Hell & Angels&quot; from iTunes 11, using vim to change the binary ITC file format to JPEG Copyright 2013 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Rechargeable 9V Power Supply 2013-01-11T09:00:00-05:00 2013-01-11T09:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2013/01/11/rechargeable-9v-power-supply How to create a rechargeable 9V power supply for guitar effects pedals, based on advice from The Gear Page Copyright 2013 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. MXR Micro Amp True Bypass Modification 2013-01-04T00:00:00-05:00 2013-01-04T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2013/01/04/mxr-micro-amp-true-bypass Modifying the MXR Micro Amp for True Bypass switching, requiring tricky circuit board surgery due to its original surface-mount DPDT switch Copyright 2013 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Tools 2012-10-01T00:00:00-04:00 2012-10-01T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2012/10/01/tools The specific tools the Testing Grouplet, Testing Tech, Build Tools and others developed to improve testing development and efficiency at Google Copyright 2012 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Mac Backups 2012-09-25T00:00:00-04:00 2012-09-25T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2012/09/25/mac-backups Comprehensive notes on maintaining a personal computer backup strategy, based on my Mac OS X experience Copyright 2012 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Process and the OODA Loop 2012-09-13T00:00:00-04:00 2012-09-13T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2012/09/13/process The collection of processes Google uses for ensuring software quality, including automated developer testing as promoted by the Testing Grouplet Copyright 2012 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. The Practice of Testing 2012-09-11T00:00:00-04:00 2012-09-11T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2012/09/11/practice-of-testing The basics of how automated tests should--and should not--be written, as promoted by the Testing Grouplet at Google Copyright 2012 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Damn It All 2012-09-01T00:00:00-04:00 2012-09-01T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2012/09/01/damn-it-all I learn that I'm still a programmer after writing tools in Ruby and Go to help publish my blog, which I've also now published on Google Code. Copyright 2012 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Object-Oriented Programming Revisited 2012-08-16T00:00:00-04:00 2012-08-16T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2012/08/16/oop-revisited The fundamental object-oriented programming issues which produced Google's testing challenges and the solutions promoted by the Testing Grouplet Copyright 2012 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Call me Ishmael 2012-08-10T00:00:00-04:00 2012-08-10T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2012/08/10/call-me-ishmael The high-level cultural challenges to the adoption of automated developer testing at Google which the Testing Grouplet worked to overcome Copyright 2012 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Mark Striebeck's European Lean IT Summit 2011 presentation 2012-07-13T00:00:00-04:00 2012-07-13T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2012/07/13/marks-lean-it-2011-preso Everything I've been saying and will say in this blog about the Testing Grouplet, Test Certified, and Fixits at Google, compressed Copyright 2012 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Test Mercenaries 2012-07-10T00:00:00-04:00 2012-07-10T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2012/07/10/test-mercenaries A team of developers within Google dedicated to helping development teams participate in the Testing Grouplet's Test Certified program Copyright 2012 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. The Chris/Jay Continuous Build 2012-06-21T00:00:00-04:00 2012-06-21T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2012/06/21/chris-jay-continuous-build The homegrown continuous integration and test system that powered the Testing Grouplet's Test Certified program at Google before TAP Copyright 2012 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Coding and Testing at Google, 2006 vs. 2011 2011-12-02T00:00:00-05:00 2011-12-02T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2011/12/02/coding-and-testing-at-google-2006-vs-2011 The before-and-after picture of the Testing Grouplet et. al.'s impact on Google Engineering Copyright 2011 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Small, Medium, Large 2011-11-01T00:00:00-04:00 2011-11-01T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2011/11/01/small-medium-large The Testing Grouplet's terminology for getting Google engineers to think about the different scopes of automated tests Copyright 2011 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Test Certified 2011-10-18T00:00:00-04:00 2011-10-18T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2011/10/18/test-certified The Testing Grouplet's program for promoting good automated developer testing practices throughout Google Engineering Copyright 2011 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details.