>With apologies to The Monkeys I thought unit tests were just for fairy talesNever had the time to do things rightGoing live was frantic Development a drag Changing all my code got real bad Then I wrote my tests, now I’m a believerWithout a trace of doubt in my mind I’m in love – mmmmmmm I’m a believer, best thing I’ve ever tried Ahem. Or something. I’ve just made substantial changes to two of our production systems over the last…
> I’m having major problems focusing on one thing at a time at the moment. I thought that being in Japan would help me but it appears not. I’ve made some changes to how I work recently and I’m going to have a go at documenting what I’m doing with code and sysadmin stuff here. Partly as a brain dump for when I can’t remember how I did stuff and partly to see if it makes it stick in my…
You don’t have to begin repaying your federal student loans until after you leave college or drop below half-time enrollment in your final year of undergraduate study. Paying them off sooner allows you to save money, meet your loans’ repayment goals and avoid default. But not paying them off yet can be difficult because it can mean you miss the payments your monthly federal loan payment is calculated to cover. What if I don’t finish my federal loan obligations by…