The Evening Shell https://harborarchive.198-13-63-140.nip.io/ A software engineering notebook, based in Galway. en-us Why Feature Flags Still Mattershttps://harborarchive.198-13-63-140.nip.io/writing/why-feature-flags-still-matters/https://harborarchive.198-13-63-140.nip.io/writing/why-feature-flags-still-matters/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:48:00 GMTSomewhere between a legacy codebase and home, the thought finally made sense. The trick, if there is one, is to leave sufficient room for missteps. Debugging Test Suiteshttps://harborarchive.198-13-63-140.nip.io/writing/debugging-test-suites/https://harborarchive.198-13-63-140.nip.io/writing/debugging-test-suites/Sun, 28 Jun 2026 21:36:00 GMTI tried the pragmatic version first. It did not last. A Readable Approach to Small Serviceshttps://harborarchive.198-13-63-140.nip.io/writing/a-readable-approach-to-small-services/https://harborarchive.198-13-63-140.nip.io/writing/a-readable-approach-to-small-services/Wed, 11 Mar 2026 03:06:00 GMTIt is simple to overthink refactoring. It is harder to just start. I wrote most of this on a calm Thursday morning. Revisiting Feature Flagshttps://harborarchive.198-13-63-140.nip.io/writing/revisiting-feature-flags/https://harborarchive.198-13-63-140.nip.io/writing/revisiting-feature-flags/Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:36:00 GMTLogs are only useful if someone can read them at three in the morning.