C++ Date Silliness Update
This post shows how to use the date library maintained by Howard Hinnant to do simple formatting on a date string. It turns out to be surprisingly easy!
This post shows how to use the date library maintained by Howard Hinnant to do simple formatting on a date string. It turns out to be surprisingly easy!
Recently, I had a project which needed to hold a date with the following properties: Hold the year, month, and day Take a C string (char*) in the format “YYYYMMDD” Do some basic validation and assumption fixing (disallow blank & empty input) Produce a string in a specified format for JSON output My extensive experience…
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This post addresses several of the common arguments against taking the time to implement unit testing.
This post in my unit testing series addresses the benefits of unit testing in general and in specific to the roles of Project Management, Developers, and QA.
Googletest and Fake Function Framework are the tools that I chose to use to unit test a C code base. Here I talk about why I chose them.
In a recent post, I expounded on what I can do for you as part of this business. In this post, I want to talk through why I started this business and what I want from it. For me, this will be some honest goal and expectation setting. I will be honest with what I…
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This post covers taking a Synology DS718+ NAS and installing a VPN server, the Synology Drive app (for accessing files), and the Synology DS Photo App.
I purchased a Synology DS718+ NAS and, in this post, cover unboxing the NAS, the initial software setup, and setting it up as a Time Machine backup server.
I’ve had the opportunity to speak with several mentors since I started this business and, to the person, they all asked the following question: What are you good at? What specifically are your customers going to demand your services for? I’ll be honest that, as I’m sure my mentors expected and wanted, this question threw…
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Giving myself permission to fail has been a struggle for most of my life. Here I cover where this struggle came from, how it affects my work, and how I’ve endeavored to deal with it.