mattmatheson's comments

On: Bacteria (and their metabolites) and depression

[mattmatheson]

> If and how our workout clothes are leaching microplastics and endocrine disruptors directly into our bodies is theoretical, though

From the linked article.

Also, I'd love to hear this from an article that isn't published by goop

On: Analytics Solution for GitHub Actions. No Need to ...

[mattmatheson]

"data is only useful if you can tell a compelling story"

I really like this - with this product, we're focusing on trying to tell the story and also make the data actionable. I'm hoping we can both show that there is a problem, as well as guide you to how to fix it. Otherwise, at the end of the day it's just colorful lines.

On: What is a logical merge conflict?

[mattmatheson]

> 2. Run unit/integration/regression tests on PRs?

The blog walks through the situation where tests against a PR won't catch this.

[djha-skin → mattmatheson]

It actually says that the test will catch it hours later and that the assertion will fail?

The contrived example would only ever happen if the developers in question didn't talk to each other. A lack of coordination is the real problem and cannot be solved by tooling. You can never tool your way out of a communication problem.