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A Note on Creativity
Two blog posts in a week? I’m on a roll. I had a really great conversation with my older brother last night, and I wanted to share some of our discussion with all of you. We’d been discussing creativity. Brad and I both inherited musical genes from our grandmother, though...
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The wonderful power of social media
An email exchange. Sun, May 3, 2020 at 11:05 AM \ From: Jeffrey David Hooven \ To: runongirlrunon@gmaildotcom Dear Lindsey, Hearing from a person who appreciates the music you wrote years ago is like running into an old friend. Thank you! I’m attaching some sheet music for you. Of course,...
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From the archives: Burying Your Dead Code
Another post from my time on the Data Engineering team at Grand Rounds, I think posted in January 2017. Their engineering blog has disappeared recently, but thankfully I saved my writing in my notes. I’ve edited it slightly for readability in the code block. Enjoy! As our code evolves and...
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From the archives: Learning to Sight Along the Space Capsule
This post was originally published on 2016-12-29 when I was on the Data Engineering team at Grand Rounds. Enjoy! Testing does not have to be complicated, but sometimes it can turn into spaghetti just like any other code. This talk by Sandi Metz at Railsconf 2013 inspired me to revisit...
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Oh, hi there.
It’s been just over a year since I updated this thing, so, figure it’s about time to post something. Quick life update The last year has been a whirlwind. Moved into my first big kid apartment in November, graduated with my BS in CS from SFSU in December, took my...