The Daily Index — Monday, January 22, 2024 · TLDR Index

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TLDR Web Dev

TLDR Web Dev

THE GOLDEN RULE OF ASSERTIONS

For effective testing, a test should fail if, and only if, the intention behind the system is not met. All tests should focus on the intention of the code being tested and avoid testing implementation details, which could lead to false test failures. Following these guidelines helps define test boundaries properly and has developers consider external factors like dependencies more accurately.

epicweb.dev · 6 min

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THE “ERRORS” THAT MEAN YOU'RE DOING IT RIGHT

Certain "errors" or unexpected outcomes should be seen as positive results of good decisions and strategies. Not all errors indicate failure and some are natural side-effects of success. For example, re-adding features/bugs to the backlog, pivoting a strategy just after creating it, refactoring infrastructure after significant growth, and adding or removing words in messaging are all “errors” that are side effects of success.

longform.asmartbear.com · 6 min

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9 KEY LESSONS LEARNED ON MY PATH FROM ENGINEER TO VP

An engineer shares his career story of going from a software engineer to a VP of Technology at a startup. His lessons along the way include becoming a domain expert, learning to handle stress, avoiding complacency, scaling oneself, taking initiative, getting the job done, understanding that growth is a marathon, building a track record, and saying yes to every opportunity.

open.substack.com · 7 min

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MOURNING GOOGLE

This author, who worked at Google for over a decade, reflects on how the perception of Big Tech has changed during that time. They were filled with excitement and optimism when joining Google in 2010, but today, there are challenges faced by tech giants in terms of public trust, antitrust, congressional hearings, and more.

tbray.org · 4 min

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TROUBLING TECH TRENDS: THE DARK SIDE OF CES 2024

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thenewstack.io · 8 min

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GPT-3.5 CRASHES WHEN IT THINKS ABOUT USERALATIVEIMAGEPATH TOO MUCH

OpenAI's GPT-3.5 model consistently gives an error message when responding to a chat message that starts with "ponyuseRalative ponyuseRalative ponyuseRalative pony". This could be due to the model not being trained on the specific token "useRalativeImagePath.” GPT-4 does not have this issue.

iter.ca · 2 min

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GRAPHQL AND THE BEADS ON A STRING

GraphQL allows the client to make a single request for multiple pieces of data, making it easier to retrieve data for certain types of API requests.

blog.luccasiau.com · 2 min

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HOW DOES GIT WORK? (X THREAD)

Git maintains three local storages on a machine: the working directory, staging area, and local repository.

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MIGRATING FROM ZOD TO VALIBOT: A COMPARATIVE EXPERIENCE

Zod is a schema validation library for TypeScript. This author migrated to Valibot due to its smaller bundle size and familiar API structure, but notes that Valibot’s documentation is somewhat lacking.

mwskwong.com · 6 min

TLDR Web Dev

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