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A Mike Moore joint
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Arguing With Agents
The one where I spent a weekend losing an argument with an AI agent, and what autism has to do with it.
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2026-04-08
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Fixtures on Purpose: Fixtures as DocumentationThe one where an unplanned side effect turns out to be the whole point.
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2026-04-07
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Fixtures on Purpose: The Rule of FourThe one where four is the magic number for tolerating duplicated test setup.
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2026-04-06
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Fixtures on Purpose: Mining Production for PersonasThe one where production data tells you what your fixture personas should be.
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2026-04-03
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Fixtures on Purpose: Telling Stories With DataThe one where fixture files start reading like the setup chapter of a novel.
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2026-04-01
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Fixtures on Purpose: Fixture PersonasThe one where UX design from 1999 solves the fixture archetype problem.
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2026-03-30
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Fixtures on Purpose: The Combinatorial TrapThe one where I do the math on why you can't create a fixture for every possible state.
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2026-03-30
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Fixtures on Purpose: From Accident to ArtifactThe one where I realize nobody, including me, was designing their test data.