PinnedKris RavenSo, tell me about yourself.It was the first week of my first professional, corporate job. I had managed to get a job in a Technical Support team of a growing fintech…Dec 31, 20221Dec 31, 20221
Kris RavenLearning the hard way: results equals reward.Once a year, the company I work for performs a Performance Review, which is linked to a Pay Review. The general idea is that you get a…Aug 25Aug 25
Kris RaveninCodeXCreating an AWS CloudWatch Synthetics Canary using ServerlessSCaC: Synthetic Canary as CodeMar 2Mar 2
Kris RavenThe problem with E2E tests is that if a problem is discovered, who will fix it?Feb 20Feb 20
Kris RaveninCodeXUpdates to the AWS SDK v3 Client MockOver a year ago, I published this article about creating Jest unit tests for the AWS SDK v3 Client.Jun 3, 2023Jun 3, 2023
Kris RavenFearless warriorsWhen I was nine years old, we learnt about a queen of an ancient British tribe.Mar 20, 2023Mar 20, 2023
Kris RaveninGeek CultureMocking the time: Using Timers in JestThis article will explain how to mock the time in Jest.Feb 3, 2023Feb 3, 2023
Kris RavenNotes from a RedundancyA lot of layoffs happening in tech in January 2023. This is my lay off story.Feb 1, 20231Feb 1, 20231
Kris RaveninGeek CultureLeaving Meta: Death by corporate bloatingThe depressingly corporate circumstances of John Carmack resigning from Meta.Dec 20, 2022Dec 20, 2022