{"id":1547,"date":"2019-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/itenium\/the-itenium-bliki\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T13:31:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:31:44","slug":"the-itenium-bliki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/itenium\/blog\/productivity\/the-itenium-bliki\/","title":{"rendered":"The itenium Bliki"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id=\"reference\">Reference<\/h4>\n<p>Turns out I usually blog about a framework or library that I learned and basically wrote as short a version of their documentation as possible, trying to let the code speak for itself and resorting to text only for things that cannot be expressed as code more succinctly.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the <a href=\"http:\/\/momentjs.com\">Moment.js<\/a> library is used in many a project but each time I needed something I hadn\u2019t done in a while I had to revert to their docs. Their documentation is great but I usually need to know only that one small thing. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/itenium.be\/blog\/javascript\/momentjs\/\">Moment.js blog post<\/a> is about 10 pages and it covers, in pretty much the same detail, 80 pages of the <a href=\"http:\/\/momentjs.com\/docs\/\">official docs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"bliki\">Bliki<\/h4>\n<p>Blog posts might be updated later on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To fix typos, broken code or add links<\/li>\n<li>Update things if they no longer hold true<\/li>\n<li>To reflect changes in the API after a major release of the library<\/li>\n<li>As I learn more about the subject<\/li>\n<li>To add more\/less context<\/li>\n<li>Or\u2026 When I changed my mind about something \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The name shamelessly stolen from <a href=\"https:\/\/martinfowler.com\/\">Martin Fowler\u2019s bliki<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"personal\">Personal<\/h4>\n<p>Some blog posts are used for me to link to avoid <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Don%27t_repeat_yourself\">Don\u2019t Repeat Yourself<\/a>. Instead of doing the full detailing once again, I try to coerce my colleagues to the relevant blog post instead.<\/p>\n<p>But most are basically to force myself to read the docs and\/or revert to when I pick up a project that is using a library I haven\u2019t used in a while.<\/p>\n<p>PS: There is a <a href=\"https:\/\/pragprog.com\/book\/tpp20\/the-pragmatic-programmer-20th-anniversary-edition\">The Pragmatic Programmer 20th Anniversary Edition<\/a> coming up. I should probably pre-order.<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"original-blog-posts\">Original Blog Posts<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"pragmatic-tips\">Pragmatic Tips<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The Pragmatic Tips blog posts from back in 2012:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/productivity\/pragmatic-tip-1-care-about-your-craft\/\"><strong>Pragmatic Tip 1: Care About Your Craft<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/productivity\/pragmatic-tip-2-think-about-your-work\/\"><strong>Pragmatic Tip 2: Think! About Your Work<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Do I still stand by it after 7 years? Pretty much. There wasn\u2019t anything I thought I should <strong>really<\/strong> remove so there\u2019s that. Should I write now on those two tips, I do think the articles would turn out radically different though \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>The second post ends with <em>Next up is \u201cProvide Options, Don\u2019t Make Lame Excuses\u201d, one of my favorite tips!<\/em><br \/> So yeah, I\u2019ll try not to make any promises on this blog anymore.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"uhoh\">Uhoh<\/h2>\n<p>Not sure if I wanted these migrated. But here they are!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/dev-setup\/synchronize-folders-dropbox-using-junctions-windows\/\">Synchronize Additional Folders With Dropbox Using Junction on Windows<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/dev-setup\/notepad-plus-plus-bookmarks\/\">Notepad++ Bookmarks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/dev-setup\/notepad-plus-plus-php-var-selection\/\">Notepad++ double click PHP variable including the $ sign<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"hide-from-excerpt\">This is what usually is the very first blog post. With links to some new-old posts, migrated from my 2012 blog.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"hide-from-excerpt\" id=\"personal-reference-bliki\">Personal Reference Bliki<\/h1>\n<p>Everyone who has worked with me for a while knows I\u2019m really hyped about the Pragmatic Programmers. 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