So you created an awesome pull request with a couple of features, but the evil(?) maintainer (could be me) just denied it and said you shouldn’t make pull requests from master? Then you’ve come to the right place to learn what went wrong and how to fix it. Current (Incorrect) State Looking at the history… Continue reading Fixing a Pull Request from Master
On Call for Papers
It’s call for papers season and I’m preparing abstracts and sending them off hoping that I’ll be accepted with my talks. What surprises me is how huge quality difference there is between different conferences in their call for papers (CFP). It’s basically anything ranging from very detailed information to a mailto: link. I still have… Continue reading On Call for Papers
Pickup Mail Viewer
This is a guest post by Albin Sunnanbo introducing a great hack to work with mails in test environments. If you have a .NET application that sends emails, this is probably something for you. TL;DR; PickupMailViewer is a simple web viewer for emails saved by the specifiedPickupDirectory SMTP setting in a .NET application. Download the… Continue reading Pickup Mail Viewer
Getting a Pull Request Accepted
I like to receive pull requests, but I like some more than others. Here are a few hints on how to make me love your totally awesome pull request and merge it instantly. With a bit more than a year as an open source maintainer I’ve received a few pull requests. Some have been good,… Continue reading Getting a Pull Request Accepted
Bringing Agile to Politics with Trello
Is politics agile? Hardly. Can politics benefit from an agile mindset? I don’t know, but I’m running an experiment. Besides working as a developer and doing some open source coding (which is what I usually blog about) I’m also a part time politician (for the greens in the municipality assembly of Huddinge, in Stockholm county,… Continue reading Bringing Agile to Politics with Trello