Antonio AlexanderTo Mock or Not to Mock; that is the Test(ion)Pre-pandemic, I’m in the office and we’re having a heated conversation discussing testing and how things should work and there’s this point…6 min read·Jun 8, 2023----
Antonio Alexander[Software] Testing is UnnecessaryI was six years into my programming career before I wrote a unit test (scout’s honor). Whether I was lucky or just that good; I’m living…7 min read·Jun 1, 2023----
Antonio AlexanderSagas: the Search for Logical ConsistencyGetting into the microservice architecture is a kind of rabbit hole; I think the deeper you get into microservices, the more likely you are…7 min read·Feb 17, 2023----
Antonio AlexanderData Consistency: the Don Quixote of SagasI had a kind of overall problem, and in developing microservices and applications in general, I heard about sagas a lot, and it sounded…5 min read·Feb 10, 2023----
Antonio AlexanderRace Conditions: Threads Passing in the NightHave you ever written some code that…didn’t’ quite work?…like it works MOST of the time, but every once in a while it stops working or…6 min read·Feb 3, 2023----
Antonio AlexanderVirtual Serialization: when Two Threads Become OneVirtual Serialization is the idea that if two threads are dependent on each other, they can become one/serialized which has far reaching…4 min read·Jan 27, 2023----
Antonio AlexanderGenerating a LabVIEW UI 4: Functional PrototypeLabVIEW, unlike other languages, draws non-traditional developers or rather people who aren’t developers at all, so when challenged to…4 min read·Dec 27, 2021----
Antonio AlexanderGenerating a LabVIEW UI 3: Control SchemeLabVIEW, unlike other languages, draws non-traditional developers or rather people who aren’t developers at all, so when challenged to…5 min read·Dec 20, 2021----
Antonio AlexanderGenerating a LabVIEW UI 2: Color SchemeLabVIEW, unlike other languages, draws non-traditional developers or rather people who aren’t developers at all, so when challenged to…5 min read·Dec 13, 2021----
Antonio AlexanderGenerating a LabVIEW UI 1: WireframesLabVIEW, unlike other languages, draws non-traditional developers or rather people who aren’t developers at all, so when challenged to…4 min read·Dec 6, 2021----
