Landon's Personal and Coding Blog¶
Welcome to my blog! This blog contains various blogs around coding, flying, RV-ing, and any other topic I may find useful to disseminate.
Colorado in the Fall
I can't keep away from Colorado, so I went back in the fall of 2024 as my last trip of the year. It's hard to imagine how the same place can re-impress even after multiple visits, but such is the magic of the mountains.
Hymnal
The faith is sought in walls of stone,
In dusty books, in creeds alone,
While outside waits the open air,
A truth too simple to compare.
Should It Be
If my heart should wear a stain
Of selfish acts or fleeting gain;
Or if the grass should take my bone
And lead me to the earth, alone;
Starlink for a Mobile World
In a previous blog post of mine, I retrofitted my camper trailer with a cellular internet solution for remote work. After having over a year to gather data on the practical, real-world performance of the Peplink router, I've come to the realization that I am a huge nerd and want even more technology! In this post, I'll show you my journey with Starlink and my impressions with its usefulness as a remote-work solution.
Python, you have problems.
It's been said that the key to any healthy relationship is the ability to see eye-to-eye on life's important issues. The approach one has to politics, to love, to religion, to animals and children (sometimes they're the same thing), and to those less fortunate in society are key metrics to consider when evaluating the strength of your compatability to a significant other. Well, I've been pondering my relationship with Python, and I'm realizing that we just aren't compatible anymore. It's not me, it's you.
Python Table-Driven Tests
Table-driven tests (TDT) are a popular form of unit testing that allow you to rapidly iterate over multiple different inputs to your system in a way that is easily readable and understandable. This post will show my approach to TDT in Python and why all the current implementations of it are insufficient.
robots.txt as an Insight Into Web Administration Wars
robots.txt, or the Robot Exclusion Protocol, is one of the oldest protocols on the web. It's a file, usually stored at the top level of a domain, that provides a list of rules which politely informs web crawlers what they are and are not allowed to do. This simple file is a great insight into the kinds of struggles that web administrators have in maintaining their websites.
Google Systems Design Interview With An Ex-Googler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0KGYwNbf-0
I will be taking notes of this video by Clement Mihailescu by listening to the prompts in the video and generating my own design. After I complete my design, I will listen to Clement's design and compare/contrast the differences.
Worse is Better
When I design software systems, my modus operandi is generally to design the minimally acceptable set of features required by the business needs. This methodology allows me to be efficient with my time as I am focusing my energy on the known business problems. It also reduces the expectations your users have which is strangely a huge benfit: lower expectations usually translates to lower maintenance burdens. It allows you to focus your effort on the biggest problems your users face.