The Bash Script I Use Before Reading Any Code

June 19th 2026 — I saw this awesome blog post The Git Commands I Run Before Reading Any Code detailing some git commands to help you navigate a new code base. Well, I decided to make a wrapper bash script around those commands. The Script Create a file git…

• git
• tools
• bash

Testing Cloudwatch Alarms

July 9th 2018 — The Problem Testing that AWS Cloudwatch alarms are configured correctly, can be triggered and result in an on-call alert. This is rather complex issue due to a number of factors: Simulating data that will trigger the alarm. Different metrics require…

• testing
• aws

Modern Page Objects

March 23rd 2018 — The page object model is a pattern for abstracting defining and interacting with components in a GUI. Find the logical boundaries of a component: A form Identify elements within the component: An input and a button Interact with this elements…

• browser-automation
• page-objects

Unit Testing Required

January 26th 2018 — Its been my experience that most companies do not practice unit testing at all. Sometimes its an Agile environment where devs are pushing to increase velocity so they skip writing unit tests offloading the responsibility to functional testing via…

• testing
• unit-tests