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Brendan Furey

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IT Consultant, Oracle database specialist, mufc fan, reader, jogger, programmer. Europhile. #blacklivesmatter

Programming blog: https://brenpatf.github.io

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Brendan Furey @brenpatf.bsky.social · Nov 20

Here's my own design pattern for unit testing, derived from first principles, and covering API design through test scenario analysis, to code frameworks and examples in 4 programming languages: Oracle PL/SQL, JavaScript, Python and Powershell.
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The Math Function Unit Testing Design Pattern

This article provides an overview of a new design pattern for unit testing in any programming language, ‘The Math Function Unit Testing Design Pattern’. The data-driven design pattern involves repeata...

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Aussies 🪃

December 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM

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📚💙Finished Satantango by László Krasznahorkai - somewhat baffling but very readable; started Vaim by Jon Fosse
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Satantango by László Krasznahorkai – review

Theo Tait on a visionary Hungarian classic

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December 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM

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Just watched the new Netflix Frankenstein - wow! - amazing, loved it 👍😊

November 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM

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Watched The Ridge, NZ crime thriller, weird, entertaining, very strong cast esp. lead actress Lauren Lyle 📹

November 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM

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There's a lot going on in the novella A Month in the Country, despite its brevity - I loved it 😍 📚

September 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM

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Finished My Brilliant Friend; started A Month in the Country 📚

September 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM

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Watched South Pacific on YouTube, 👌

September 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM

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Prague run 🏃

Route map of 5k run with two street photos at start/end.

September 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM

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I'm migrating my Wordpress blog to GitHub Pages. Here's a link to the page for the articles migrated to date...
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brenpatf.github.io/migrated/

Migrated Articles

Brendan’s blog on programming, unit testing, Oracle SQL and PL/SQL and other languages

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July 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM

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The Shining is on BBC4 again. Am definitely not going to waste 2 hours re-watching it 🤫

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BBC One - The Shining

The caretaker of a remote hotel finds that the place has a horrific history.

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July 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM

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New blog post 🤓
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Coupons, Caps and Functions

Brendan’s new blog for articles on programming, unit testing, Oracle SQL and PL/SQL and other languages. Old blog at: http://aprogrammerwrites.eu/

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June 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM

Brendan Furey

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Updated my Python unit testing module 🤓
github.com/BrenPatF/tra...

GitHub - BrenPatF/trapit_python_tester: Trapit Python Tester

Trapit Python Tester. Contribute to BrenPatF/trapit_python_tester development by creating an account on GitHub.

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June 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM

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📚💙 Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes, nice cover picture on my Kindle 😊

Picture of Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes on my Kindle by a cup of coffee

June 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM

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RIP Alan Yentob, who presented the brilliant Imagine arts programmes for the BBC

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BBC One - imagine..., 2021, Bernardine Evaristo: Never Give Up

Alan Yentob explores the life and work of Anglo-Nigerian author Bernardine Evaristo.

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June 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM

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Ran the BHAA Dunboyne 5-miler 🏃‍♂️🙂

Screenshot of Strava run showing route map and 3 photos, including a selfie

May 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM

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Started On the Calculation of Volume by Solvej Balle

May 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM

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#Eurovision2025 Switzerland only country even trying here?

May 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM

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Many of these Imagine programmes are really good, like this one from 2014 on Colm Toibin, Anne Enright is funny 😊...
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BBC One - imagine..., Winter 2014, Colm Toibin: His Mother's Son

Alan Yentob talks to acclaimed and curiously divided Irish writer Colm Toibin.

www.bbc.co.uk

May 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM

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Arsenal looking good so far? ⚽
#PSGARS

May 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM

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chatgpt: Oracle 23c does not introduce a DROP TABLE IF EXISTS statement (like in MySQL or PostgreSQL), .... Would you like a reusable stored procedure for this?
me: No, because in fact this works: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS tab
chatgpt: You're absolutely right — and thanks for pointing that out.

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May 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM