Justin Fuller

Code

Life

Poetry

Story

Better Interviews

Are you having trouble getting a good signal on the candidates you interview? Better Interviews can help.

Keeping One Tab Open

Recently, someone found the maximum number of tabs that Microsoft Edge can handle. The number is sixteen hundred. One tab over this and it crashes.

Go Tip: Prefer Function Arguments

Here's a quick Go language tip: Prefer function arguments over struct fields. I'll explain why.

Self-Documenting Code

At my first real Software Engineering job, the lead engineer taught me code should be self-documenting. In practice, this meant we did not document our code.

Helper Functions

I wake up in the morning. The sun is bright, the air is warm. The day is Saturday. What do I do? Of course, I settle down with my laptop to write some code. I'm just waking up so I need to start simple to get the ol’ synapses firing.

The Philosophy of Trees

The story I have to tell you today is not the story I wished to tell. In fact, I am loath to repeat much of it. I pray antiquity and modernity alike judge me not as an author, nor even as editor, but as a trembling witness. Reluctant to confess what he has seen, yet compelled by his conscience to reveal the devilry that took place at the autumn equinox on the outskirts of a great Carolina wilderness.

How do we work together?

When she was a teacher, on the first day of each class, Lauren, my wife, would start the year with a simple activity. She sat her first or second greaters down around a big sheet of paper, hung on the wall.

I added poetry to my blog

TL;DR: You can see it here. I'm not using this as an opportunity to claim poetic greateness, but to share a fulfilling outlet that I found in a difficult time.

Are Promotions Dehumanizing?

Promotions, the act of changing someone's title and possibly increasing their pay after they reach some milestone.

Reducing Interview Bias

In 2011, researchers at Ben Gurion University in Israel and Columbia University found Judges’ rulings are affected by lunch breaks. The judges granted 65% of parole requests at the beginning of the day. The rate declined steadily until a lunch break, after which the rate jumped back to 65%. They granted almost no requests at the end of the day.

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👋 Hey, I'm Justin. I occasionally write about things. I'm married with a bunch of kids. I work at The New York Times. I make things like Better Interviews, Purchase Plan and Really Simple Notes.

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👋 Hey, I'm Justin. I occasionally write about things. I'm married with a bunch of kids. I work at The New York Times. I make things like Better Interviews, Purchase Plan and Really Simple Notes.

Links

Better Interviews Github Purchase Plan Really Simple Notes