Some examples to help you keep your marbles

The other day I wanted to add test coverage for a custom-built Pipeable RxJS Operator used for some touch screen input events. This is what the operator looked like:

const customBuffer = <T>(time: number): OperatorFunction<T, T[]> => ((source: Observable<T>): Observable<T[]> => source.pipe(
    buffer(source.pipe(
      throttleTime(time),
      debounceTime(time))
    ))
);

I decided to give jasmine-marbles a whirl.

It didn’t take long before I realized 2 things:

1. I didn’t understand what the error messages were trying to tell me.
2. The documentation wasn’t helping either.

Here’s an example of such an error message:

Expected $.length = 3…

Early on during the Vipassana retreat, I was flooded with memories of all the things I had done, people I had learned from, books I had read and hours spent in prayer and meditation. I had pretty much ignored and forgotten this part of myself for many years. After the retreat, I decided to write it down, to make a list. I am posting it here, in more or less chronological order, hoping it will give an idea of “where I’m coming from”.

UPDATE: I have continued to add to this list as time goes by.

Books (that left a…

This summer, my girlfriend and I took part in a 10 day silent Vipassana retreat. The flavor taught by S.N. Goenka. We both went there naively upon friends’ recommendations, not knowing much about the course. One friend told us “you’ll feel great afterwards, it will relieve you of all your suffering”. This turned out not to be true for either of us. In order to spare you the discomfort and disappointment we experienced in this retreat, I wrote down in condensed form a couple of thoughts and experiences for you to consider before signing up.

After arrival you are told…

I’d like to share some thoughts about Radical Honesty, a set of therapeutic methods developed by Brad Blanton, PhD.

When I first discovered Radical Honesty in 2014, I was immediately attracted by the name itself. I already considered myself to be quite an honest person, but I also knew that that I was holding back when it came to expressing emotions like anger or grief.

The first 8 day intensive in early 2015 changed the direction of my life in ways I could not have imagined in advance. …