@jamesward
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Sep 20, 2023 · 4 min read · Over decades in programming I've had a few moments where I make big paradigm shifts, finding it very hard to go back. One of these moments was with Functional Programming and my latest is the move from Test Assertion DSLs to just using assertTrue wi...
Join discussionSep 26, 2021 · 6 min read · Over the past 16 years, mostly as a Developer Advocate, I've developed a framework to help developers learn and get excited about something new. I believe generating excitement is the primary goal of advocacy. Each developer advocacy project ideall...
Join discussionMar 16, 2021 · 15 min read · Many developers were burned by the overly complex world of Java back in the early 2000s. The Gang of Four patterns and middleware / J2EE / Java EE led to ridiculous levels of alleged decoupling as is evident in this sequence diagram from an open sou...
Join discussionFeb 1, 2021 · 2 min read · Disclaimer: This is not officially supported by Google Cloud. Cloud Run hosts services that handle HTTP requests but sometimes you need a way to run one-off / admin jobs with the same settings and container image. At this time the managed Cloud Run ...
Join discussionJun 23, 2020 · 2 min read · Most of my compute workloads today are on Cloud Run, a serverless for containers platform. But some workloads like scheduled jobs don't fit the service-oriented model of Cloud Run. There are many places I can run those workloads but I'd like to kee...
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