https://jhale.dev/Joseph HaleSoftware Engineer, Musician, Speedcuber 2026-01-26T16:24:34+00:00 Joseph Hale, MS SE https://jhale.dev/ Jekyll © 2026 Joseph Hale, MS SE /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png How I Write Tests2025-12-14T00:00:00+00:00 2025-12-14T00:00:00+00:00 https://jhale.dev/posts/how-i-write-tests/ Joseph Hale, MS SE I tend to like writing tests more than the average Joe. For me, there’s something really satisfying about using a test to figure out how I want an API surface to feel, iterating on the failing test until the error message is exactly what I want to see in the test log if the feature breaks, then implementing the feature and seeing the test pass as expected, followed by refining both the implemen... Protect Inter Partes Review -- My Response to PTO-P-2025-00252025-12-02T00:00:00+00:00 2025-12-02T00:00:00+00:00 https://jhale.dev/posts/protecting-ipr/ Joseph Hale, MS SE I oppose the USPTO’s proposed rule changes for inter partes review (IPR), Docket No. PTO-P-2025-0025. Patents are a critical tool for enabling/protecting innovators, but that very protection backfires when bad actors – so called “patent trolls” – hamper innovation by registering/defending patents used primarily to pressure small entrepreneurs into paying a license fee to avoid the threat of co... When Memes become Vibes become Learning2025-11-17T00:00:00+00:00 2025-11-17T00:00:00+00:00 https://jhale.dev/posts/when-memes-become-vibes-become-learning/ Joseph Hale, MS SE The last few months have been full of boom and bust stories about “vibe coding” – the phenomenon where an individual can produce a working app by asking an AI tool to generate and edit code. Hypesters claim that professional programmers will soon be fully replaced by AI agents writing code, while experienced engineers quickly point out the risks and vulnerabilities that are rampant in the curre... My experience at Rails World 20252025-09-13T00:00:00+00:00 2025-09-13T00:00:00+00:00 https://jhale.dev/posts/rails-world-2025/ Joseph Hale, MS SE Last week I had the privilege of attending Rails World 2025 in Amsterdam. I learned a ton! and I met lots of amazing people! Here’s my story… Wednesday – Early Arrival + Volunteering I arrived in Amsterdam on Wednesday around noon and went straight to the event venue, Beurs van Berlage. There I volunteered by assembling hundreds of the swag bags to be given to attendee and helping various spo... How to Deploy Jenkins with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)2025-06-20T00:00:00+00:00 2025-06-20T00:00:00+00:00 https://jhale.dev/posts/deploy-jenkins-to-production/ Joseph Hale, MS SE Introduction Many guides start by showing how to build an application locally, but entirely omit guidance for deploying that application to a production environment – often because each organization has unique needs/preferences for a production deployment. In contrast, this initial guide will create a “walking skeleton” of a production-like Jenkins deployment. In more words, this guide will d...