In this episode, I switched gears a bit to focus on the comparably easy task of moving pieces. I’d had enough of wanting to move pieces for setup, so it was time to take care of that. I also might (will at some point) revisit the test classes and perhaps consolidate to always starting with…
Once again I’m bringing you this code-cast from a Marriott, albeit a different one. In spite of a bizarre amount of noise over the course of the evening for a business hotel, I’ve managed to get at least passingly decent audio for this (and for some ongoing Pluralsight work as well). This is a pretty…
The last month has been something of a transitional time for me. I had been working out of my house for a handful of clients pretty much all summer, but now I’ve signed on for a longer term engagement out of state where I’m doing “craftsmanship coaching.” Basically, this involves the lesser-attended side of an…
Prompted by comments from a few people, I’ve decided to see if I like using Trello for keeping track of the TODOs instead of Excel. Also, learning from past feedback, I’ve defaulted Trello to being really big when recording so everything is legible, and I copied everything over from Excel. Hopefully I like it as…
In this installment, I’m looking to start defining the concept of “blocking” on a chess board. So far, I’ve been defining piece moves in a vacuum — put a rook down in (1, 1) and the rook can go anywhere in column 1 or row 1. But, what about when there’s a pawn at (1,…
