Lately, we’ve been trying to improve our testing structure around testing our API calls without actually having to make them. To do this we of course use the excellent mocking library for …
This week while writing a new feature in the core of one our apps, I had to mock something that would be used in almost every single test in the test suite. I’m a huge fan of keeping things DRY …
Or why I feel behind all the time From Wikipedia Impostor syndrome is a psychological phenomenon in which people are unable to internalize their accomplishments. Despite external evidence of their …
We welcomed Henry Jay into our family just a few weeks ago on July 27, 2015. It’s been a wild and crazy few weeks as we juggle having 2 little ones around the house amid trying to get sleep. …
It’s hard to believe its already been a year since I returned to Kansas State on the webteam. Throughout this year we’ve accomplished a lot and I wanted to reflect on some of those things. …
I’ve released new version of django-site-notifications and django-downtime. Both these releases bring support for Python 3.x as well as bringing them up to date with at least Django 1.7.
This past weekend Lindy and I took a trip out to Aspen to check out the 2015 XGames being hosted at Buttermilk. We were able to see the qualifiers for Ski Superpipe, Big Air Snowboard, Ski Slopestyle. …
The last few months I’ve been working on fixing up our applications at K-State and how they interact with other custom built and off the shelf software. One of our common practices on the web …
This MLK day I spent the day Keystone getting as much powder skiing in as possible. The weather cooperated and I was able to get into Summit county without any weather issues. Here is a quick photo …
Here’s my list of 2014 goals for the year and how I progressed. Hike a mountain over 12,000 ft. Get back into brewing both Beer and Wine Attend another tech conference, hopefully Django Con …