Ep 043: What Is 'Faking' a Resource?
Functional Design in Clojure
English - August 23, 2019 15:00 - 23 minutes - 33 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsTechnology Education How To tech software design functional clojure immutable geek nerd development nate Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We talk about the virtues of faking and then outline several real techniques for getting work done.
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This week, the question is: "What is 'faking' a resource?" We talk about the virtues of faking and then outline several real techniques for getting work done.
Selected quotes:
"We like to mock mocking, so don't mock us if we mock mocking."
"No object is an island, they always refer to each other."
"It's all about getting work done."
"Why make my own fake data when the computer is so good at it?"
"It's like training a small diminutive version of the external service to behave in the ways you want it to so you can get stuff done."
"Fake it while you make it."
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