Mark Fink

This week I bought an echo dot device and I wanted to try out some of its home automation features. I used Home Assistant (Python, Open Source). [Read More]

I am not evangelizing TDD for various reasons but I would like to share an relevant observation which I frequently made while working on consulting projects. If developers do not know how to write tests or need to take shortcuts (in form of not writing tests) they usually end up... [Read More]

I put two LED 16 x 64 LED matrix kits together so I have some “canvas” for a “Game of life” - simulation. Three years ago I programmed a Javascript version during a TDD coaching session and was ever since facinated about how this facinating shapes emerge from simple rules.... [Read More]

For many years SOAP was the predominant technology in the enterprise world used for exposing data and application functionality as webservices. Even when better (and simpler) technologies like REST became available during the last 10 years, their adoption was slow. In my opinion the lack of proper API tooling was... [Read More]

Today I had the chance to meet with Joel Spolsky at a Q&A event. Joel is the CEO of Stackoverflow and maintains an impressive track record as founder in the NY startup community. Given his unique background of being a successful founder with tons of software development experience, Joel has... [Read More]