Justin Searls

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Programming is inherently difficult, but most innovations heralded by the industry attempt to paper over its complexity, inadvertently making it harder for people to understand how to build and maintain working software. My mission is to identify, explain, and mitigate this phenomenon.

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Agent 002
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Columbus, OH

  1. Downloading Large Heroku Postgres Backups

    Once you upgrade beyond hobby-sized postgres databases, fetching a backup becomes more confusing and complicated. Fear not, there's still an easy way to pull down a copy of your data without breaking production!
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    November 12, 2019
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Justin Searls
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    DevOps

  3. Enumerate your enums.

    Rails defaults can lead you astray when creating enum attributes. This guide will show you an easier and less error-prone way that leverages custom enum types in Postgres.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    June 3, 2019
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Justin Searls
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Ruby

  5. I love meetings

    I love meetings. Getting to know other people, understanding the challenges they’re facing, and searching for ways to help them succeed is tremendously fun and rewarding. Helping others navigate the software industry is a big part of Test Double’s mission, too, even when my direct involvement is limited to an introductory sales call.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    October 11, 2018
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Justin Searls
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Consulting

  10. testdouble.js 2.0

    The best mocking library for JavaScript testing has just gotten a whole lot better with today’s release of testdouble.js 2.0. This release irons out a few public API quirks found in the 1.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    March 13, 2017
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Justin Searls
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    JavaScript
    Testing

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