Weeknotes 45

After being introduced to it recently I actually used Anyway Config this week to encapsulate some configuration. I’m sold on the idea. It enabled me to tidy up some config, and tested too.

I usually rely heavily on the GitHub Slack integration. Unfortunately, it refuses to work on my current project’s repo – very strange. It’s messing up my workflow. These things are great until they stop working and become completely opaque.

Have you ever used any other version control than Git? – This had me thinking.

I don’t think I ever used CVS, I was a bit too young and beardless for that. So my first introduction to source control was Visual SourceSafe – genuinely awful. When Subversion (and TortoiseSVN) came along it was a breath of fresh air. Then a new job dictated a move to Microsoft’s TFS (now called Azure DevOps Server) – also awful, but modern awful. And finally Git, a game changer.

Is Git perfect? Nope. But it’s served me well for years and mostly stays out of my way.

GraphQL is a trap according to Jeff Hodges. Full disclosure, I’ve never used GraphQL, but I can see how it appeals to the those consuming it.

Jeff seems to have a lot of experience with GraphQL and he makes some good points. Everything is a trade-off.

No progress on the side project. I did attempt to start it up again but couldn’t remember what I was even trying to achieve 😞