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mutation testing from a five year old (according to chatgpt)

I asked ChatGPT to explain mutation testing to a five year old to see what it would say. I got this back: Alright, imagine you have a big puzzle made of Lego blocks. Each block represents a piece of code … Continue reading →

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multiple ways of using soft asserts in junit 5

Do you think this test passes? It does! Since softly is never told that it is done, the test does not fail. I’ve been using the approach of calling assertAll() to get my tests to fail: I learned there are … Continue reading →

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gson supports records

I like using records in Java and getting rid of the boilerplate on my immutable objects. I also like using gson (google’s serialization/deserialization library) for my lightweight JSON needs. All I need is an annotation to use a different field … Continue reading →

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FTC Judge vs Judge Advisor

I’ve been judging FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) competitions for many years. It’s a lot of fun. The kids tell you about their robot and outreach and learnings and more. You also negotiate with other judges to determine the award winners. … Continue reading →

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ChatGPT for education – is it like a calculator?

At the NYC FRC (FIRST Robotics Challenge) local kickoff, there was a speaker from Columbia about AI. The target audience was high school students. He said two things that stuck with me. First was: Self awareness is the ability to … Continue reading →

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toList() vs collect(Collectors.toList())

I had some extra time this week so went through a bunch of Sonar findings. One was interesting – in Java 17 you can use .toList() instead of .collect(Collectors.toList()) on a stream. [Yes, I know this was introduced in Java … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Pytest things for JUnit Developers

I used PyTest for the first time recently. It’s similar to JUnit as one would expect (since they are both XUnit frameworks.) There were a few things that were unexpected though so writing a a blog post. That’ll help me … Continue reading →

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the problem with attending team/project meetings on vacation

I was recently discussing the impact of attending team/project meetings while on vacation with someone. Seemed like a good blog post. Vacation is supposed to be about taking a mental and physical break. This means that tangential work things (taking … Continue reading →

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New Wiley Engine (Admission Tests)

Looking for our mock exams/online materials? Wiley switched away from Efficient Learning to Admission Tests (https://login.admission-tests.wiley.c...). The link from Efficient Learning takes you there. (In fact as of early December, logging in at least partially routes you back to efficient … Continue reading →

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converting a PDF to a PowerPoint file on Mac

I was given a PDF of a presentation and asked to give a presentation on it. I’d like to use what is there and edit it a bit. I’d also like to not be presenting out of a PDF and … Continue reading →

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