Code Don't Lie
Hi! I'm Kris. I'm a software developer and tech enthusiast. I doodle cats and write about a lot of things. Check out some of the articles from the tags below.
Code Don't Lie
Thoughts on software and life.
Hi! I'm Kris. I'm a software developer and tech enthusiast. I doodle cats and write about a lot of things. Check out some of the articles from the tags below.
Latest Posts
Better Code without Code: Framework for Understanding What You Really Need to Code
requirements software developmentYou push code in record time. Next day, a lot of pr comments. Next day, bugs come in. "Well [email protected]^%", you say. The next ticket comes in and the cycle repeats itself. It's not just you. It's all of us. What can we do about it? Asking some key questions before you code can dramatically improve our code...
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Do You Have a High Functioning Team?
leadership techYou’ve been with your team for a few weeks, months or even years now. Have you ever stopped to think about how well do you function as a team? Maybe or maybe not? Who...
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You Need More Than Just an Idea
leadership tech"I have this idea for an app that will make MILLIONS of dollars! All I need is someone to build it". You might have heard this or a variation of it from someone...
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How to Stay Consistent with Exercise
How to be a Human guest postIntroduction Hello, I am a friend of Kris' and I will be a guest writer from time to time on the section of his blog called "How to be a Human". My name...
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Canadian Infinite Loop
comicsNotes about this comic: The inspiration for this post is a conversation with a coworker and I. What if you get stuck in an infinite loop of being Canadian? The igloo comes from a conversation...
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Stop Complaining and Start Acting. A Framework for Change.
leadershipWe all love to complain about issues. Maybe it's worth solving them. Let's act on it and make our lives better....
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Troubleshooting DigitalOcean Ghost One-Click Install Issues
techI've been revamping my site for the past month (more on that in another post), I've decided to try the One-Click install for Ghost. It's supposed to be this utopia where you do a few...
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Conquering Fear
leadershipI finally started a pet project that I've wanted to do for a while. It's not another app or blog. It's a meeting. (Whaaat???). It's a session to share people skills, a common area we...
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How Do You Become Better?
techExperience. It seems so painfully obvious in retrospect but I didn't really fully understand until recently. Studying theory, getting classes, reading articles, how-tos and so on can only get you so far. Experience is where...
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Firebase: Deploy in No Time
tech firebaseI'm trying out this really cool service called Firebase and just wanted to do share it. I wish I had a referral bonus... What is Firebase? When I first heard about it, Firebase allowed you...
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Adieu
meNervousness. Excitement. Pressured. Determined. Surely, much much more. In a matter of days, I'm off to start a new journey and a new chapter in my life. Today, I leave the comforts of my an...
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Getting Up and Running with Polymer Starter Kit on Windows
tech polymer javascriptMost of the time Sometimes Windows doesn't play well with development tools out there. I'm trying out polymer and found the starter kit quite easy to setup compared to others but there's still the occasional...
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Tutum: A Docker Platform
tech dockerDocker is great and i've talked about it a few times now. One thing that you might notice is that docker can be low-level. You can dig deep into a container and mess around with...
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Video: Dockerized Development Environments
tech dockerI'm subscribed to Docker's Youtube channel where they share some fascinating conference videos. The video embedded above is from that channel and it shows how docker can be used to run development environments. As a...
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Resources for Better Javascript
tech tutorial javascriptI've been developing in Java for a few years now. Through experience and studies, I've had a feel for how to work best with it. A few months ago, I've been moved to a new...
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