Nat Bennett

Some have called them a software engineer. They've worked on Cloud Foundry and a few other large systems. They're also a writer, photographer, and speaker.

Live TDD Example: Setting up an Elixir project from scratch

I want to show off TDD on some more "realistic" projects.

How to be a designer's favorite software engineer

A few weeks ago I asked designers on Mastodon to tell me about their favorite software engineers. What did those engineers do that they wish all engineers would do?

Gumroad stats, and some early notes on React

Writing React components is more like writing Terraform modules than any other programming I've done.

Incremental improvement works

Until a few weeks ago I didn't know any React. Have been figuring it out all on the job. My secret weapon? Taking tiny steps.

Pairing Course Launch

Andrew Edstrom and I have just released a video course on Gumroad, Intro to Pairing.

Everything I know about end-to-end frontend tests

This week, I thought I'd share some notes on end-to-end tests, sometimes also known as "acceptance tests" or "journey tests."