Consumer-driven contract testing makes hidden dependencies between independently deployed services explicit and executable. Here is the mental model that made it click for me, from verified stubs to monolith decomposition.
How I use ChatGPT, GitHub, Claude and a structured AI writing workflow to draft a fantasy novel, maintain consistent worldbuilding, review chapters and prepare the manuscript for Vellum — while keeping human control of the process.
About Senado MIS: Senado Games is a small ecommerce business I run alongside my day job. Senado MIS is the Java-based management system I’ve built to manage stock, sales, purchasing and marketplace integrations across channels including eBay and Amazon. I’m
This blog currently runs on Amazon Lightsail. Details of how I set it up and migrated content from my previous provider can be found in this earlier blog post – http://www.adrianmilne.com/migrating-wordpress-blog-amazon-aws-lightsail/. Up until now, it has only been available on
I realised earlier this year the last tech conference I attended was JAX London in 2015. I generally like to attend something every 2 or 3 years to keep up to date with what’s trending in the industry. It’s been
I’ve been writing Unit Tests with Spock and Groovy on and off for a couple of years now. I’ve often had to check the properties of object argument parameters that are passed to methods on mocked objects. I’ve used a
I’m really trying to ramp up my writing volume at the moment. Partly because I’ve got so much to do on my personal projects, and partly just to try and improve my writing skills. The most consistent advice I come
It’s been just over a month now since I released my first Alexa skill into the store (FizzBuzzBongo). It wasn’t really a serious skill – just a bit of fun (albeit with a database and interactivity) to test out the
This is the third in a series of ‘how-to’ articles on creating an interactive Alexa Skill. The skill is called ‘Fizz Buzz Bongo’ and is available in the Alexa Skills Store. It’s a variation on the classic ‘Fizz Buzz’ programmer
This is the second in a series of ‘how-to’ articles on creating an interactive Alexa Skill. The skill is called ‘Fizz Buzz Bongo’ and is available in the Alexa Skills Store. It’s a variation on the classic ‘Fizz Buzz’ programmer