Week Notes 21#38 (3 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2021-09-20?
Week Notes 21#38 (3 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2021-09-20?
Tips for Reducing Dependency Upgrade Toil with Renovate (5 mins read).

Some tips I've picked up while working with Renovate to keep my projects up-to-date.
The problem with learning from experts is that they are so far removed from square one. Their material assumes some foundational knowledge. Newbies, don't be afraid to share what you're learning. From the beginning. We - even the experts - need your fresh perspective!Angie Jones (@techgirl1908)Sat, 25 Sep 2021 16:01 +0000
Women and girls should not have to take the responsibility of ensuring they aren’t raped or sexually assaulted. That is not how that works.
Leesuh (@ehlboogie)Sat, 25 Sep 2021 18:32 +0000
I used “not male” in a survey and I received absolutely no lashings. Trying to be inclusive of an underrepresented gender portion of the gender spectrum should not be this difficult. “Women and folks often misgendered as women” doesn’t always fit in 280 characters.Post details
Dear non-men who write code: I'm reading resumes from men who have less than 3 months of software experience applying for management and staff-level jobs. Apply. Just go apply. You wouldn't believe what the other folks are getting away withJack Danger (@jackdanger)Fri, 24 Sep 2021 04:31 +0000
Cher Scarlett (@cherthedev)Sat, 25 Sep 2021 13:49 +0000
Dear non-men who write code: I'm reading resumes from men who have less than 3 months of software experience applying for management and staff-level jobs. Apply. Just go apply. You wouldn't believe what the other folks are getting away withJack Danger (@jackdanger)Fri, 24 Sep 2021 04:31 +0000
Is it just me or has the Infinidash hype train run out?
As a team's infrastructure estate grows, it becomes increasingly beneficial to create a global registry of all people, services, and components. Once you do, you can integrate with tools like terraform, Chef, and Kubernetes to help provision your infrastructure according to a single authoritative source. This post explains how GoCardless built their registry, and some of the uses we’ve put it to.
Week Notes 21#37 (4 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2021-09-13?
I'm interested in attending
Although I'm on holiday this week and may not be able to make a lot of this - there's some really exciting stuff happening that's being run by my new team!
Reading this thread made me so sad. Thing is, I know countless girls and women who have stories just like this one. Honestly heartbreaking. I’m so glad that she helped. Let’s teach boys/men not to be predators, how about that? Fuck sake.
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My blood is boiling! I was doing my run and I felt a schoolgirl tap me on the shoulder. Silly me thought I dropped something but she was shaking and told me a creepy old man had been following her in a car and she begged me to walk with her on the way to school….
Alex✨ #EndSARS🇳🇬 (@alexotubanjo)Fri, 17 Sep 2021 07:57 +0000
🔋Pauline is taking a break 🌴 (@paulienuh)Sat, 18 Sep 2021 06:19 +0000
Definitely gonna be keeping this thread in mind for my new role next month!
And now, a small thread on what to do in your first two weeks of starting a new job.
Corey Quinn (@QuinnyPig)Sat, 13 Mar 2021 03:22 GMT
Stop writing “competitive salary” on job posting. It literally means nothing.
Caitlyn (@thecaitcode)Wed, 15 Sep 2021 16:36 +0000
Comments that are easy to grok and grep

We've been using emoji for this in the past, which works well as long as everyone remembers what the emoji reflect - I often forget - but doing it this way makes a lot of sense, and having them to be machine-parseable is a benefit!
Thanks everyone for some really great engagement with this!
Welp, I'm sure I'll regret this, but I'm publishing my salary/compensation history publicly now! Blog post: jvt.me/posts/2021/09/… Numbers: jvt.me/salary/ (jvt.me/mf2/2021/09/4t…)Jamie Tanna | www.jvt.me (@JamieTanna)Thu, 09 Sep 2021 10:11 +0000
Thanks everyone for some really great engagement with this!
Week Notes 21#36 (4 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2021-09-06?
Packaging Wiremock Extensions into the Standalone Server Runner (2 mins read).

How to use Gradle to package a standalone JAR for Wiremock, including any extensions needed.
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I take my shoes off at the airport to help stop an attack that almost happened 20 years ago and this dude on the bus won't wear a mask to help stop a disease that killed 10,000 people yesterday
Janel Comeau (@VeryBadLlama)Sat, 11 Sep 2021 01:00 +0000
Testing Java Callbacks with Mockito (1 mins read).

How to test invoking a real callback in a Java project, as a unit test.
Welp, I'm sure I'll regret this, but I'm publishing my salary/compensation history publicly now!
Blog post: https://www.jvt.me/posts/2021/09/09/public-salary-history/
Numbers: https://www.jvt.me/salary/
Providing a Public Salary History Page (2 mins read).
Publishing my salary and compensation history for public use.
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Tech CEO talks about the all hands meeting
Josh (@JoshuaOgundu)Wed, 08 Sep 2021 19:18 +0000
First day back at #CapitalOne's offices in Nottingham after a whopping 545 days is a very weird feeling. Got some freebies, a free breakfast, and our first hybrid standup. Been nice to just wave to people, and I'm looking forward to making the most of the day!
Releasing a Java Library for Gherkin Formatting (4 mins read).

Announcing the release of a Java library that can pretty-format a Gherkin feature file.
Pushing Back to Git In a Jenkins Multibranch Pipeline (1 mins read).

How to push back to a Git repo using a Jenkins multibranch pipeline.
Week Notes 21#35 (2 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2021-08-30?
The fact that it's September means #Hacktoberfest is only around the corner 😱
Week Notes 21#34 (3 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2021-08-23?
The problem with this country is people who make $700 per hour have convinced people who make $25 per hour that people who make $7.25 per hour are the problem.
mohamad safa (@mhdksafa)Sun, 29 Aug 2021 14:50 +0000
Using Bill of Materials to Simplify Dependency Management (3 mins read).

Producing a Bill of Materials to simplify dependency management for Java projects.
Right now I'm attending the #IndieWeb #IndieAuth pop-up to look at further improving the specifications, and making it easier for folks to implement and integrate