For So Long, London

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For So Long, London

Whether I like it or not I am writing my tests for tomorrow in my head right now. Whether I like it or not I am realising what I need to do with my factories in order to make them run properly tomorrow. I am supposed to be chilling and I am having my dinner but I can stop thinking about: I know how I am going to write a test tomorrow. I know exactly what I need to test. I know how I am going to use my factories and modify them to get there.

I know what I don’t know how to do and I know how I am going to raise a draft PR with a comment explaining this.

I know why I won’t be able to get the app to run without doing one little thing and so I can leave a comment on a draft PR to get some feedback before I implement this. Unless… unless I can figure it out myself. Unless I can
  • I’ve finished changing my models
  • I’ve finished adding some changes to my logic although I’m not 100% sure if it will work yet and if I got the right end of the stick
  • I’m not even sure if a bit of code that I deleted was the right thing but never mind
  • I know what unit tests I have to write tomorrow and what I want to test specifically (something along the line of get filtered things…)
  • I know what changes I need to make to my factory boy factories to test for these things
But what I don’t know is… can I create some fake data that is specific enough in order to run my apps

And straight away I know that my answer is just to tweak a custom command that I already have that creates some fake data and just to architecture it some more.

And all of a sudden just like that I have solved my own problem and answered my own question and just owned my own feature and all I can say is WOW…

Because just like that I have found a way to input all of the fake data that I need and like that I can actually test my app
Marbled pink and gold image with glitter. Pink text reads solving my own software problems in the middle of the night

And so it is that I keep on going… as such it is that I keep on working… somehow. Always with the aim of balancing rest with purpose and passion.

Thank you

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