Behat – Orest

8 Feb 2025

Trendwatch, Behat, GitHub, and the Road Ahead: A Developer’s Evolving Journey

by Orest Nahacziwec | posted in: Tech Journal | 0

In this post, I share the latest updates on my Trendwatch project, a hobby aimed at building a system to crunch trading data for tax purposes. Along the way, I’ve learned valuable lessons about version control, testing, and the importance of starting with solid tests. I discuss my shift in approach to GitHub commits, how Behat has helped improve my testing practices, and how these experiences are shaping my professional growth. Looking ahead, I’m excited to explore dev.to and connect with the broader developer community as I continue my journey.

10 Jan 2024

Trendwatch 2024

by Orest Nahacziwec | posted in: Tech Journal | 0

I’m coming to terms with the idea that Trendwatch is going to be more of a hobby project rather than something into which I fully commit my time and energy. And so, a few months after my previous post, I’m coming around for another swing at it.

I had gone to what I initially called “multiple rounds of refactoring” and could probably be better described as “multiple rounds of rearchitecting”. Although I had much of the code working, I just wasn’t satisfied with the quality and readability of the code design.