In this update:

- Details on next week's #jcjug meetup
- No #PubMob from me on Friday, do #GDCR21 instead
- Only two remaining Legacy Open Source Fridays this year
- [buried lede] I have non-zero but rather limited availability for new clients

https://schmonz.com/talk/2021-jcjug-november/

Well, there went October. What have I been working on in public?

- #EnsembleProgramming with Legacy Open Source Fridays #PubMob
- Organizing #JCJUG and now also #SoCTAgile
- Staying on top of #pkgsrc platforms and packages

Details: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57678431

Tomorrow: #LegacyCode Open Source Fridays #PubMob. Free for anyone underrepresented in tech and/or between jobs.

Tuesday: Mike Coon with "You get what you ask for — so you better ask for what you want" for the Jersey City Java User Group. Free for everyone.

Details: https://schmonz.com/talk/2021-jcjug-september/

I apparently took a summer break from reporting monthly on my #Patreon doings. Sorry! Here’s four months’ worth: https://www.patreon.com/posts/55614233

#OpenSource #jcjug #pkgsrc #PubMob

Been meaning to join us for https://pubmob.com/offerings/amitaischleier-legacy-open-source-fridays/ — especially now that we've gotten to the fun part? https://twitter.com/kingyoshimitsu/status/1405898928474705925

July dates are now available in the booking system: https://a.flexbooker.com/widget/75e809c1-6688-42cc-9fbf-77b001c15991?serviceIds=43065

#PubMob #EnsembleProgramming #MobProgramming #LegacyCode

Today in #PubMob: just like last week, someone brought an offering prepared on their own time. Joel showed another way we could get under test, using the preprocessor. Next step: shrink to the minimal diff. Tiny, I’ll bet. Then, tests!

Join us: https://pubmob.com/offerings/amitaischleier-legacy-open-source-fridays/

In this afternoon's #PubMob with Joel and Mike, tried extracting qmail-send:main() to its own compilation unit. Lots of entangled globals, didn't quite get there. We'll try another approach and compare. Meanwhile, learned cool ag tricks to find includes faster.

Fun #PubMob session this morning with Tony and Chris. Tony had written characterization tests for some confusing #notqmail code, we looked at them together, and between the three of us came to a much better understanding.

https://pubmob.com/offerings/amitaischleier-legacy-open-source-fridays/ #LegacyCode

Thinking about trying Legacy Open Source Fridays? See what folks are saying: https://pubmob.com/offerings/amitaischleier-legacy-open-source-fridays/

Register for any Friday in May to join the #MobProgramming with our regulars (and occasional special guests). Or if you wanted to join us tomorrow, you're not too late. #PubMob

Today's Legacy Open Source Fridays #PubMob: zero code.

With regular participants getting more invested, we instead talked about:

- How notqmail got where it is
- Some of the unique constraints it's under
- Better and worse paths for wriggling free

https://pubmob.com/offerings/amitaischleier-legacy-open-source-fridays/

This Friday, play with someone else's #LegacyCode, accompanied by an experienced guide (moi). Encounter some familiar puzzles and some novel ones. Then return to your own code with new insights and confidence to find new ways forward.

Register at #PubMob: https://pubmob.com/offerings/amitaischleier-legacy-open-source-fridays/

Make that _three_ participants booked every week through the end of April. (May dates available soon.)

Any Friday.

Either of two timeslots: one suited for EMEA/AP, one for Americas.

https://pubmob.com/offerings/amitaischleier-legacy-open-source-fridays/

@PubMobDotCom #PubMob #EnsembleProgramming #MobProgramming #LegacyCode

New on #PubMob:

Every Friday I’ll be facilitating improvements to a historically significant #OpenSource #LegacyCode project. Note the significantly lower price point, and join us as regularly as you like.

https://pubmob.com/offerings/amitaischleier-legacy-open-source-fridays/

#EnsembleProgramming #MobProgramming

Give yourself 75 minutes of joint attention to meet the Strangler application pattern. We’ll program together in a thoughtfully prepared codebase with no more than 5 other participants. Register for Monday or Friday: http://pubmob.com/offerings/amitaischleier-strangle-your-legacy-code/

#PubMob #MobProgramming #LegacyCode