Eric Meyer

We are Principled: 2nd Edition

• Eric Meyer
• 08 Mar 2013
• Principles
• Craftsmanship
• Communications
• Consulting

We always apply our best efforts to complete our work.     We do not make excuses. —from the 8th Light Principles of Steadily Adding Value Everyone...more.

Migrating from RSpec Dynamic Mocks to Surrogate - Part 1

• Eric Meyer
• 13 Jan 2013
• Coding
• Testing

Here's the situation: You use RSpec. You like RSpec. But you want more confidence from your tests than you get with RSpec's dynamic mocks while...more.

Migrating from RSpec Dynamic Mocks to Surrogate - Part 2

• Eric Meyer
• 13 Jan 2013
• Coding
• Testing

This blog is Part 2 of a series of blogs about migrating to Surrogate. Part 1 can be found here. If you are unfamiliar with...more.

Composition over Mixins

• Eric Meyer
• 16 Nov 2012
• Coding

This is not the first post cautioning the use of modules on our blog. However, while I do mostly agree with the points raised in...more.

Advice for Novice Mentors

• Eric Meyer
• 08 May 2012
• Apprenticeship

In the past year I've started to shift into mentoring more, both at 8th Light and outside of 8th Light. Despite having been a craftsman...more.

Hello iOS Development

• Eric Meyer
• 19 Dec 2011
• Tools
• iOS

When first getting started with iOS development, there were very little resources to get up and started. And with the strict NDA Apple had over...more.

Doing a Good Job

• Eric Meyer
• 05 Dec 2011
• Community
• Craftsmanship
• Communications
• Consulting

What is our job, and how can we do it better? For a while, I've wanted to write a blog about what it means to...more.

Customer Interaction

• Eric Meyer
• 23 Sep 2008
• Craftsmanship
• Communications
• Consulting

At 8th Light, they follow a practice of training people through an apprenticeship period. As it is nearing the end of my apprenticeship, my mentor...more.