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Deploying a Minecraft Server to EC2 (with some cost analysis)
Setting up and deploying a Minecraft server on EC2 (including cost analysis)
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Ruby Exception Handling Practice: Be As Specific As Possible
Avdi Grimm covers Ruby exception handling in way more detail in Exceptional Ruby (not an affiliate link!) and you should check it out Ruby Exception Handling In Ruby, you should already be aware that catching Exception is a blunt instrument that captures error states that generally should not be handled by your code. This is…
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The Core Purpose of an Agile Methodology: Incremental Validation and Course Correction – A Reference Guide
There’s a persistent confusion in the software development world about what makes an agile methodology valuable. Teams often focus on ceremonies, tools, and processes while missing the fundamental purpose. The value in agile development methodologies is in their incremental validation of course correctness and ability to adjust time/quality/cost to new information as soon as possible.…
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The Artisan’s Return: How LLMs Are Making Us Forget We Already Solved This
There’s a particular kind of satisfaction that comes from asking an LLM to generate a solution to your problem. The code appears, seemingly tailored to your exact needs. It… mostly works. You ship it. But somewhere in the back of your mind, a voice whispers: “Didn’t someone solve this already?” They did. Probably a decade…