<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="rss.xsl"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>toonarmycaptain&apos;s blog</title><description>toonarmycaptain&apos;s blog.</description><link>https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/</link><atom:link href="https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/feed_rss_created.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><managingEditor>toonarmycaptain</managingEditor><language>en</language><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 03:01:42 +0000</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 03:01:42 +0000</lastBuildDate><ttl>1440</ttl><generator>Zensical RSS</generator><image><url>https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/shared/feed_image.jpg</url><title>toonarmycaptain&apos;s blog</title><link>https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/</link></image><itunes:image href="https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/shared/feed_image.jpg" /><item><title>A new chapter?</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hello world...again?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So, my main role recently ended, and I find myself looking.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thankfully this is the first time since transitioning into working in te...&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/a-new-chapter-7d4f/</link><source url="https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/feed_rss_created.xml">toonarmycaptain&apos;s blog</source><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/a-new-chapter-7d4f/</guid></item><item><title>New website</title><description>&lt;p&gt;So, I &lt;em&gt;finally&lt;/em&gt; registered a domain - my website now lives at &lt;a href=&quot;https://toonarmycaptain.com&quot;&gt;toonarmycaptain.com&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Took a bit of mucking around, but I have i...&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/new-website/</link><source url="https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/feed_rss_created.xml">toonarmycaptain&apos;s blog</source><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/new-website/</guid></item><item><title>Unit testing with assertive mocks vs not testing implementation: Why not both?</title><description>Parametrizing a test to run with and without assertions in its mocks, to get the benefits of both.</description><link>https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/assertive-mocks/</link><source url="https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/feed_rss_created.xml">toonarmycaptain&apos;s blog</source><pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/assertive-mocks/</guid></item><item><title>Dropping local test runtime and scope with pytest</title><description>Using pytest&apos;s -k option to run only the tests for the code I&apos;m working on.</description><link>https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/dropping-local-test-runtime-and-scope-with-pytest/</link><source url="https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/feed_rss_created.xml">toonarmycaptain&apos;s blog</source><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/dropping-local-test-runtime-and-scope-with-pytest/</guid></item><item><title>What you need to learn that&apos;s not writing code.</title><description>Things you should master when learning to code, besides a primary language and how to code in it.</description><link>https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/things-you-need-to-learn-thats-not-writing-code/</link><source url="https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/feed_rss_created.xml">toonarmycaptain&apos;s blog</source><pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/things-you-need-to-learn-thats-not-writing-code/</guid></item><item><title>Getting things done. Or, &quot;how to solve problems&quot;.</title><description>how to solve problems and be productive</description><link>https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/getting-things-done/</link><source url="https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/feed_rss_created.xml">toonarmycaptain&apos;s blog</source><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/getting-things-done/</guid></item><item><title>Hello world!</title><description>Why I&apos;m starting a blog, and what I&apos;m working on.</description><link>https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/hello-world/</link><source url="https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/feed_rss_created.xml">toonarmycaptain&apos;s blog</source><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.toonarmycaptain.com/hello-world/</guid></item></channel></rss>