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James Adam
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James Adam's personal blog at interblah.net covers programming. Since 2012, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “What happens when MiniTest runs, or, what I think about testing using classes”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-13, and you can follow it by feed.
A blog by James Adam, of lazyatom.com fame.
Most-linked posts?
- What happens when MiniTest runs, or, what I think about testing using classes2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2013-02-06
- Reducing risk when running a conference2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-06-25
What Hacker News says?
This is orthogonal to the main point of this thread, but since Ruby Manor has been mentioned, and Peter doesn't read my blog (which is fair enough): http://interblah.net/ruby-manor-is-not-an-unconference Just for completeness sake, there was also a successful RailsConf Europe in London, and a well-received Rails Underground too. I therefore assume that 'full scale' must mean something quite specific. Anyway, as I sa…
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on “Why Brit Ruby 2013 was cancelled and why this is not ok”Submitted What happens when RSpec runs, or, what I think about testing with blocks as a story · 5 points
HN discussionHitting the database or not, using fixtures introduces coupling into your test suite that's often more trouble than it's worth. http://interblah.net/the-problem-with-using-fixtures-in-rail...
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on “Slow database test fallacy”Submitted The problem with using fixtures in Rails as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThis is a follow-up to "What happens when MiniTest runs, or, what I think about testing using classes" - http://interblah.net/how-minitest-works
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on “What happens when RSpec runs, or, what I think about testing with blocks”Submitted What happens when MiniTest runs, or, what I think about testing using classes as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Self-Updating Screenshots as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reducing risk when running a conference as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reducing risk when running a conference as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How minitest works as a story · 1 points
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