The Illusion of a One-Time Set-Up

One of the most laborious things about starting work at a new client / employer, can be getting your machine and user account configured so that you are able to work on their codebase. For me, the acid test of whether I’m in a good place is being able to build the code and run the necessary test suites locally that I’ll be relying on for the early feedback loop. But that’s the bare minimum. There…