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"2024-12-02T15:21:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb0-b796-7187-a4b8-65f2ef354863", "title": "Play Invaders on Glitch", "url": "https://loufranco.com/blog/play-invaders-on-glitch", "published_at": "2024-12-01T14:07:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-5e62-7155-a3ee-96504730d601", "title": "November 2024 Blog Roundup", "url": "https://loufranco.com/blog/november-2024-blog-roundup", "published_at": "2024-11-30T18:32:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-5e62-7155-a3ee-965047d5eb56", "title": "Practicing Doodling", "url": "https://loufranco.com/blog/practicing-doodling", "published_at": "2024-11-29T17:20:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-5e62-7155-a3ee-965048cbb018", "title": "Apples and Oranges are (Relatively) Easy to Compare", "url": "https://loufranco.com/blog/apples-and-oranges-are-relatively-easy-to-compare", "published_at": "2024-11-28T15:26:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-5e62-7155-a3ee-965048dd6001", "title": "Video Ideas for a Podcast", "url": "https://loufranco.com/blog/video-ideas-for-a-podcast", "published_at": "2024-11-27T20:13:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-5e62-7155-a3ee-965049775bcb", "title": "Leet Code at Work", "url": "https://loufranco.com/blog/leet-code-at-work", "published_at": "2024-11-27T02:06:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-5e62-7155-a3ee-96504999eabe", "title": "Announcing View Source", "url": "https://loufranco.com/blog/announcing-view-source", "published_at": "2024-11-26T02:07:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-5e62-7155-a3ee-96504a7bc6a5", "title": "Write Pitches to Test a Book", "url": "https://loufranco.com/blog/write-pitches-to-test-a-book", "published_at": "2024-11-24T16:35:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-5e62-7155-a3ee-96504aae746b", "title": "Applying my first two programming lessons to teaching kids to program", "url": "https://loufranco.com/blog/applying-my-first-two-programming-lessons-to-teaching-kids-to-program", "published_at": "2024-11-23T15:05:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-5e62-7155-a3ee-96504b2ca51b", "title": "Write While True is Returning Soon", "url": "https://loufranco.com/blog/write-while-true-is-returning-soon", "published_at": "2024-11-22T13:37:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-5e62-7155-a3ee-96504c0c030a", "title": "Mutation Testing", "url": "https://loufranco.com/blog/mutation-testing", "published_at": "2024-11-21T19:11:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-f73d-71ab-9bf0-a21cf71b295c", "title": "How I Wrote (most of) a Useful Book This Year", "url": "https://loufranco.com/blog/how-i-wrote-most-of-a-useful-book-this-year", "published_at": "2024-11-20T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-f73d-71ab-9bf0-a21cf7fd3969", "title": "Why LinkedIn Works For Me", "url": "https://loufranco.com/blog/why-linkedin-works-for-me", "published_at": "2024-11-19T12:25:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-f73e-7221-b459-a3043b8b8384", "title": "Writing as Yourself to Yourself", "url": "https://loufranco.com/blog/writing-as-yourself-to-yourself", "published_at": "2024-11-18T13:33:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-f73e-7221-b459-a3043c43ff6d", "title": "2025 Pre-Planning", "url": "https://loufranco.com/blog/2025-pre-planning", "published_at": "2024-11-17T14:15:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-f73e-7221-b459-a3043c977fb6", "title": "2024 Retrospective", "url": "https://loufranco.com/blog/2024-retrospective", "published_at": "2024-11-17T00:50:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-f73e-7221-b459-a3043d56b09e", "title": "Add Date Tests for Daylight Savings", "url": "https://loufranco.com/blog/add-date-tests-for-daylight-savings", "published_at": "2024-11-15T16:18:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-f73e-7221-b459-a3043e21f73e", "title": "Technical Debt Typology Research Paper", "url": "https://loufranco.com/blog/technical-debt-typology-research-paper", "published_at": "2024-11-14T20:16:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-f73e-7221-b459-a3043f21eafb", "title": "Adam Tornhill on Tech Debt’s Multiple Dimensions", "url": "https://loufranco.com/blog/adam-tornhill-on-tech-debts-multiple-dimensions", "published_at": "2024-11-13T14:13:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-f73e-7221-b459-a3043f675b13", "title": "Marbleized Code Fat?", "url": "https://loufranco.com/blog/marbleized-code-fat", "published_at": "2024-09-25T12:49:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-f73e-7221-b459-a304402bfd2e", "title": "Follow-up on my Tech Debt Article in The Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter", "url": "https://loufranco.com/blog/follow-up-on-my-tech-debt-article-in-the-pragmatic-engineer-newsletter", "published_at": "2024-09-21T19:30:38+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2025

Swimming in Tech Debt Book Update original ↗

18 Feb 2025

Push, Kick, and Swim (through Tech Debt)original ↗

17 Feb 2025

Swimming to Focus on a Problem original ↗

17 Feb 2025

Swimming as Meditation original ↗

15 Feb 2025

Question on r/ExperiencedDevs: Getting Code Reviewed Faster original ↗

14 Feb 2025

Applying Program Language Learning Techniques to Learn a Foreign Language original ↗

13 Feb 2025

A Good Pull Request Convinces You That it is Correct original ↗

12 Feb 2025

One Time I Recognized a Junior Catalyst original ↗

11 Feb 2025

Some Behaviors of a Catalyst original ↗

11 Feb 2025

Recognize the Catalysts original ↗

9 Feb 2025

A Little More at the End original ↗

8 Feb 2025

Progress Bars, not Time Blocks original ↗

7 Feb 2025

I Prompt Cursor Based on My Progress Bar original ↗

6 Feb 2025

Any Thing Can Be a Blog Post original ↗

5 Feb 2025

Review of the AI in the Fantastic Four Teaser original ↗

5 Feb 2025

Sweep Edits for My Book original ↗

4 Feb 2025

Can non-programmers use Cursor?original ↗

3 Feb 2025

Three Days of Cursor original ↗

1 Feb 2025

January 2025 Blog Roundup original ↗

31 Jan 2025

Write While True Episode 46: Write as Yourself to Yourself original ↗

30 Jan 2025

How to Increase Story Points Per Sprint original ↗

29 Jan 2025

Add Developers to a Team Without Lowering Productivity original ↗

28 Jan 2025

The Case for Adding Entry-Level Devs to Your Team original ↗

28 Jan 2025

Supernote Manta: Review at Four Weeks original ↗

26 Jan 2025

The Entry-Level is the Applicant’s First Job original ↗

26 Jan 2025

Why Even Triple the Number of Posts You Write original ↗

24 Jan 2025

Triple the number of blog posts you write: Follow-up original ↗

23 Jan 2025

Triple the number of blog posts you write original ↗

23 Jan 2025

Write While True Episode 45: Gather Your Work original ↗

21 Jan 2025

The Lorraine Hotel original ↗

20 Jan 2025

Why ChatGPT Works Better for Newbies than StackOverflow original ↗

19 Jan 2025

A Tale of Two Blogs original ↗

19 Jan 2025

Evaluating the Evaluators original ↗

18 Jan 2025

Do Software Developers Need a Brand?original ↗

16 Jan 2025

What Would Drumeo Style Coding Tutorials Look Like original ↗

15 Jan 2025

How to be avoid being replaced by AI original ↗

14 Jan 2025

Thoughts on Tool Making original ↗

14 Jan 2025

Applying My Book Selling Content Strategy to Social Media original ↗

13 Jan 2025

Applying My Book Selling Content Strategy in My Communities original ↗

11 Jan 2025

Applying My Book Selling Content Strategy on Sites I Control original ↗

10 Jan 2025

My Content Strategy for Selling a Book original ↗

9 Jan 2025

Can non-programmers make applications with AI?original ↗

8 Jan 2025

Write While True Episode 44: Write In Public original ↗

7 Jan 2025

Write Test Plans for Every PR (and do them)original ↗

6 Jan 2025

How to Find Bugs in a Code Review original ↗

5 Jan 2025

How to use Code Reviews to Prevent Bugs from Getting Into Production original ↗

5 Jan 2025

Books That Propelled Me in 2024 original ↗

3 Jan 2025

Make Spaces for Things to Track In Your Journal original ↗

2 Jan 2025

Aspirational Plans for 2025 original ↗

1 Jan 2025

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2024 Retrospective original ↗

31 Dec 2024

Make a Space For Each Day in Your Journal original ↗

30 Dec 2024

Supernote Manta First Impressions original ↗

30 Dec 2024

My Year in Weeks original ↗

28 Dec 2024

My 2025 Journal PDF for Supernote A5 original ↗

27 Dec 2024

Page-o-Mat Updates for Electronic Journals original ↗

26 Dec 2024

Christmas Computing Memories original ↗

25 Dec 2024

The only two things you need to know about software project management original ↗

24 Dec 2024

How to introduce tests to a codebase without them original ↗

23 Dec 2024

Mastodon via Hashtags original ↗

22 Dec 2024

If you want a code review to go fast, do it yourself original ↗

21 Dec 2024

Use AI to Code Review Yourself, Not Others original ↗

20 Dec 2024

Mastodon Debugging original ↗

19 Dec 2024

Why even do code reviews?original ↗

18 Dec 2024

How we did CI in 2000 original ↗

17 Dec 2024

Great Works of Software (Poetry Edition)original ↗

17 Dec 2024

How to Reduce Legacy code original ↗

15 Dec 2024

How to make it harder to game PR metrics original ↗

14 Dec 2024

How long PR code reviews lower developer productivity original ↗

13 Dec 2024

If you still have nitpick PR comments original ↗

12 Dec 2024

Not all PR nitpick comments are bad original ↗

11 Dec 2024

What to do about excessive (good) PR comments original ↗

10 Dec 2024

What to do about nitpick comments in PRs original ↗

9 Dec 2024

Seven Years of Slow and Steady Progress Towards 30×500 original ↗

9 Dec 2024

Book Title as Visual Metaphor original ↗

7 Dec 2024

Titling a book original ↗

6 Dec 2024

If code reviews take too long, do this first original ↗

5 Dec 2024

Network with Alums Just Ahead of You original ↗

5 Dec 2024

Alumni Networks Increase Your Luck Surface Area original ↗

3 Dec 2024

Four Ways to Augment Code Coverage original ↗

2 Dec 2024

Play Invaders on Glitch original ↗

1 Dec 2024

November 2024 Blog Roundup original ↗

30 Nov 2024

Practicing Doodling original ↗

29 Nov 2024

Apples and Oranges are (Relatively) Easy to Compare original ↗

28 Nov 2024

Video Ideas for a Podcast original ↗

27 Nov 2024

Leet Code at Work original ↗

27 Nov 2024

Announcing View Source original ↗

26 Nov 2024

Write Pitches to Test a Book original ↗

24 Nov 2024

Applying my first two programming lessons to teaching kids to program original ↗

23 Nov 2024

Write While True is Returning Soon original ↗

22 Nov 2024

Mutation Testing original ↗

21 Nov 2024

How I Wrote (most of) a Useful Book This Year original ↗

20 Nov 2024

Why LinkedIn Works For Me original ↗

19 Nov 2024

Writing as Yourself to Yourself original ↗

18 Nov 2024

2025 Pre-Planning original ↗

17 Nov 2024

2024 Retrospective original ↗

17 Nov 2024

Add Date Tests for Daylight Savings original ↗

15 Nov 2024

Technical Debt Typology Research Paper original ↗

14 Nov 2024

Adam Tornhill on Tech Debt’s Multiple Dimensions original ↗

13 Nov 2024

Marbleized Code Fat?original ↗

25 Sept 2024

Follow-up on my Tech Debt Article in The Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter original ↗

21 Sept 2024