Author Archives: Tim King
CommitStrip’s RSS Feed is Broken
Lately, I’ve been trying to get caught up and remain caught up with daily content: empty email inbox, no unread Slack messages, and now, all RSS feeds read. It’s the last of these that led me to a fascinating discovery.
Sweet Smelling Code
I found this list buried in my notes from long ago. I cleaned it up and updated it, but yeah, I still found wisdom in this advice from my former self. Moreover, this advice is also to myself. I need … Continue reading
The Weaknesses of Your Programming Language: a lament
One of the questions we have asked potential recruits at The Perl Shop is, “What do you feel are weaknesses with Perl?” I feel it’s high time that I give my own answer to that question.
Reimagining the Website
About 2 years ago, I revamped my hub site using Django. This was the first step (I had hoped) toward a unified architecture for all my websites. It didn’t turn out that way, but this project is still simmering on … Continue reading
The HubSpot Coding Challenge and Me
I sent a copy of my resume to HubSpot, and one of their talent acquisition people got me on the phone to talk. It sounded like a potentially good fit, and I was invited to take the HubSpot coding challenge. … Continue reading
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Tagged coding assessments, HubSpot, JavaScript, job-seeking, Node.js, process
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Beware HackerRank
Online coding assessments are all the rage for certifying a software developer’s skills during the hiring process. Don’t get me wrong, this is a much better system than what we used to have. A decade ago, all we had were … Continue reading
On Returning to Java from Perl
The last time I did any serious (or semi-serious) work in Java was in 2006. I used J2EE 5.0, which was the current version at the time, to demonstrate how we could migrate our enterprise web app package from spaghetti … Continue reading
