{"id":2407,"date":"2024-11-15T08:46:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T16:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2024-11-15T08:46:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T16:46:33","slug":"five-for-friday-november-15-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/five-for-friday-november-15-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Five for Friday &#8211; November 15, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Another week, another five things I felt like sharing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I have dealt with, and made fun of &#8220;flaky tests&#8221; for a good chunk of my career (probably a full blog post on this topic someday). I&#8217;m excited to see <a href=\"https:\/\/trunk.io\/blog\/what-we-learned-from-analyzing-20-2-million-ci-jobs-in-trunk-flaky-tests-part-1\">actual research<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/trunk.io\/flaky-tests\">tools<\/a> from trunk.io on some ways to identify and fix flakiness in large test suites.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I once got a VIP tour at Riot (including playing Leage in their gaming complex). I played the game more than a little, but not a lot. I wasn&#8217;t super pumped to hear about a series based on the game, but <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arcane_%28TV_series%29\">Arcane<\/a> slaps!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leadingsapiens.com\/psychological-safety-vs-high-standards\/\">Psychological Safety vs. High Standards<\/a> is excellent. It hits on a lot of points from Heifetz&#8217;s Leadership on the Line as well. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I ran into someone (in tech) recently who said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t really want to learn new things&#8221;. Frankly, I wonder about the job security of someone like this. This article on <a href=\"https:\/\/humancentricengineering.substack.com\/p\/learning-starts-by-caring-about-something\">Learning Starts by Caring About Something<\/a> is a good read, and gives me some ideas on how to inspire people like this to focus on learning a little more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lastly, I&#8217;m <em>avoiding<\/em> the AI trend and asking you all to read this article on <a href=\"https:\/\/read.engineerscodex.com\/p\/5-non-llm-software-trends-to-be-excited\">5 Non-LLM Software Trends To Be Excited About<\/a>. Yes, Virginia, there are programming concepts in 2024 that don&#8217;t involve LLMs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s it &#8211; we&#8217;ll try again next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another week, another five things I felt like sharing. 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