Niko Heikkilä
@nikoheikkila.fi
Software Craftsman and Extreme Programmer. Ambassador in all things Agile and DevOps. Working in the intersection of people and tech. Prominent in solving problems by eliminating process waste and amplifying how people work together.
Tästä syntyy uusi aikaamme sopiva sanonta: "Porvarin kylmyys ei tunne rajoja". Silloin mittaritkin menevät rikki.
Kuvakaappaus: uiras.fvh.io
Kuvakaappaus: uiras.fvh.io
September 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Tästä syntyy uusi aikaamme sopiva sanonta: "Porvarin kylmyys ei tunne rajoja". Silloin mittaritkin menevät rikki.
Kuvakaappaus: uiras.fvh.io
Kuvakaappaus: uiras.fvh.io
Atlassian acquires The Browser Company. I'm still clinging to Arc until Chromium inside is no longer patched, and then I'll likely migrate to Zen.
All the good people in tech either become slaves to AI or are purchased by Big Tech, which enslaves them for AI. What a time to be alive.
All the good people in tech either become slaves to AI or are purchased by Big Tech, which enslaves them for AI. What a time to be alive.
September 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Atlassian acquires The Browser Company. I'm still clinging to Arc until Chromium inside is no longer patched, and then I'll likely migrate to Zen.
All the good people in tech either become slaves to AI or are purchased by Big Tech, which enslaves them for AI. What a time to be alive.
All the good people in tech either become slaves to AI or are purchased by Big Tech, which enslaves them for AI. What a time to be alive.
Post your Lock Screen.
July 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Post your Lock Screen.
Nothing like a good, black and hot Sunday brew while testing a new smaller Chemex for 3 cups.
This is more practical since I'm the only coffee drinker in the house.
This is more practical since I'm the only coffee drinker in the house.
June 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Nothing like a good, black and hot Sunday brew while testing a new smaller Chemex for 3 cups.
This is more practical since I'm the only coffee drinker in the house.
This is more practical since I'm the only coffee drinker in the house.
Dear scammer, thanks for reaching out and offering to turn my blog into a blog.
April 25, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Dear scammer, thanks for reaching out and offering to turn my blog into a blog.
More is more while baking some Saturday pinsas.
March 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
More is more while baking some Saturday pinsas.
Alas, I should re-visit my site's meta tags as the cover image was dropped somewhere by Bluesky.
Pure zero motivation to implement these social media header hacks. How difficult can it be to grab images from the post?
At least Mastodon knows it, and I like their "fediverse:creator" meta tag.
Pure zero motivation to implement these social media header hacks. How difficult can it be to grab images from the post?
At least Mastodon knows it, and I like their "fediverse:creator" meta tag.
March 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Alas, I should re-visit my site's meta tags as the cover image was dropped somewhere by Bluesky.
Pure zero motivation to implement these social media header hacks. How difficult can it be to grab images from the post?
At least Mastodon knows it, and I like their "fediverse:creator" meta tag.
Pure zero motivation to implement these social media header hacks. How difficult can it be to grab images from the post?
At least Mastodon knows it, and I like their "fediverse:creator" meta tag.
I went to check a Body World exhibition on the vacation. Highly recommendable body of trivia (no pun intended) if watching corpses stripped of their skin doesn't make you sick (why would it?).
These should be all over the world so check your nearest city for some nice death metal imagery.
These should be all over the world so check your nearest city for some nice death metal imagery.
December 30, 2024 at 3:36 PM
I went to check a Body World exhibition on the vacation. Highly recommendable body of trivia (no pun intended) if watching corpses stripped of their skin doesn't make you sick (why would it?).
These should be all over the world so check your nearest city for some nice death metal imagery.
These should be all over the world so check your nearest city for some nice death metal imagery.
I'm convinced H.R. Giger found his art inspiration accidentally by opening a fig.
December 21, 2024 at 6:13 PM
I'm convinced H.R. Giger found his art inspiration accidentally by opening a fig.
There's also a museum describing the Soviet occupation in detail. In one of the walls, you can find some hilarious anti-communist dad jokes. Here are my favourite ones.
December 9, 2024 at 8:46 AM
There's also a museum describing the Soviet occupation in detail. In one of the walls, you can find some hilarious anti-communist dad jokes. Here are my favourite ones.
There's a lovely KGB museum on top of Hotel Viru built during the Soviet occupation in the 1970s. The stale smell in the operating room is quite authentic and reminds one of corruption, papers and cigarettes. Mm-mmm!
December 9, 2024 at 8:41 AM
There's a lovely KGB museum on top of Hotel Viru built during the Soviet occupation in the 1970s. The stale smell in the operating room is quite authentic and reminds one of corruption, papers and cigarettes. Mm-mmm!
Old Times Christmas Museum, part 2
November 23, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Old Times Christmas Museum, part 2
Old Times Christmas Museum, part 1
November 23, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Old Times Christmas Museum, part 1
Data classes in #Python are one of its most powerful features. Yet, I see them used too rarely. A great use case for them is to refactor a bulky method from many parameters to only a few and reveal a domain entity or a value object as a byproduct.
November 12, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Data classes in #Python are one of its most powerful features. Yet, I see them used too rarely. A great use case for them is to refactor a bulky method from many parameters to only a few and reveal a domain entity or a value object as a byproduct.
Datsun v Tesla - Kurkistus suomalaiseen luokkayhteiskuntaan, 2024.
June 30, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Datsun v Tesla - Kurkistus suomalaiseen luokkayhteiskuntaan, 2024.
The Killer (2023) is a positive surprise in the hitman film genre. David Fincher's gripping direction, Michael Fassbender as a cold-blooded killer, and the soundtrack featuring classic songs from The Smiths. While its cliches don't make it a masterpiece, you can't make a bad film with these.
January 1, 2024 at 7:08 PM
The Killer (2023) is a positive surprise in the hitman film genre. David Fincher's gripping direction, Michael Fassbender as a cold-blooded killer, and the soundtrack featuring classic songs from The Smiths. While its cliches don't make it a masterpiece, you can't make a bad film with these.
You've heard of rubberduck debugging, now prepare for ceramic unicorn debugging.
The Christmas gift I received from a friend needs a name. Any suggestions?
The Christmas gift I received from a friend needs a name. Any suggestions?
December 30, 2023 at 2:07 PM
You've heard of rubberduck debugging, now prepare for ceramic unicorn debugging.
The Christmas gift I received from a friend needs a name. Any suggestions?
The Christmas gift I received from a friend needs a name. Any suggestions?
My stance as well. By all means, you can write tests after the production code, but make sure that all the behavioural edge cases are acceptably covered and the design doesn't contain any redundant future-proofing violating YAGNI.
December 23, 2023 at 11:04 AM
My stance as well. By all means, you can write tests after the production code, but make sure that all the behavioural edge cases are acceptably covered and the design doesn't contain any redundant future-proofing violating YAGNI.
I noticed that my clementines were going bad soon so I had to make myself an old-fashioned whisky. Don't worry, I ate the fruit, too.
Let's toast for the open skies and butterflies.
Let's toast for the open skies and butterflies.
December 22, 2023 at 8:40 PM
I noticed that my clementines were going bad soon so I had to make myself an old-fashioned whisky. Don't worry, I ate the fruit, too.
Let's toast for the open skies and butterflies.
Let's toast for the open skies and butterflies.
Christmas cleaning means cleaning up your desktop. I unwrapped my presents early and set up a working, recording, and music-listening studio.
– Microphone: Blue Yeti with a shock mount and a boom arm
– Headphones: Bose QuietComfort ANC
– Speakers: 2 x Harman Kardon Citation ONE Mk III
– Microphone: Blue Yeti with a shock mount and a boom arm
– Headphones: Bose QuietComfort ANC
– Speakers: 2 x Harman Kardon Citation ONE Mk III
December 22, 2023 at 12:09 PM
Christmas cleaning means cleaning up your desktop. I unwrapped my presents early and set up a working, recording, and music-listening studio.
– Microphone: Blue Yeti with a shock mount and a boom arm
– Headphones: Bose QuietComfort ANC
– Speakers: 2 x Harman Kardon Citation ONE Mk III
– Microphone: Blue Yeti with a shock mount and a boom arm
– Headphones: Bose QuietComfort ANC
– Speakers: 2 x Harman Kardon Citation ONE Mk III
Using the ancient Chinese animal classification rules, what kind of pets have you had?
December 19, 2023 at 8:59 AM
Using the ancient Chinese animal classification rules, what kind of pets have you had?
Finally, someone nails the term and meaning of mob programming in one picture. Perhaps don't bring a Thompson submachine gun to the session and consider doing ensemble programming instead.
December 17, 2023 at 2:36 PM
Finally, someone nails the term and meaning of mob programming in one picture. Perhaps don't bring a Thompson submachine gun to the session and consider doing ensemble programming instead.
Jira features that continue to be problematic in the year 2024 and likely far beyond that.
December 17, 2023 at 11:26 AM
Jira features that continue to be problematic in the year 2024 and likely far beyond that.