Grenade-based programming: Throw, but never catch 🧨

Why removing catch-statements in code can dramatically improve the quality of our software. The difference between expecting and preventing exceptions.

The cause of conflict between developers and sales

Developers who complain about sales need help understanding what their purpose is. Spoiler it doesn't involve your technical skillset. So let's fix that!

Updating mastodon (v4.0.2 to v4.1.2)

💡These steps are based on updating from v4.0.2 to v4.1.2. And is based on my installation (instructions are here). Hopefully you might get some use out of this if you need to update your machine, but I make no promises. Login on the machine using ssh

Intro to estimation

Estimation is an important part of software development. It helps us understand the number of resources needed to complete a task, and it helps us plan which tasks should be done first. Estimations can also help us improve efficiency by allowing us to allocate resources in the most effective way.

Enable swap on linux

Since I keep forgetting how to enable swap (the ability to use your harddrive as extra ram). Instructions Log in using SSH fallocate -l 2G /swapfile1 chown root:root /swapfile1 chmod 0600 /swapfile1 mkswap /swapfile1 swapon /swapfile1 vi /etc/fstab # See content below (you can also use nano or another