https://code.kiwi.com/tag/code/Recent content in Code on code.kiwi.comHugoenThu, 23 Mar 2023 19:00:05 +0000https://code.kiwi.com/articles/5-reasons-to-write-a-document-before-writing-code/Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:39:00 +0000https://code.kiwi.com/articles/5-reasons-to-write-a-document-before-writing-code/<p>Writing a proper design document is often frowned upon. Whether it is an RFC or a problem specification — it doesn’t matter what you call it — the usual reaction is:</p> <blockquote> <p>Ain’t nobody got time for that. We need to write code.</p>https://code.kiwi.com/articles/say-goodbye-to-loops-with-reduce-%F0%9F%91%8B/Thu, 28 Mar 2019 21:18:00 +0000https://code.kiwi.com/articles/say-goodbye-to-loops-with-reduce-%F0%9F%91%8B/<p>If you’re starting with functional programming and don’t know where to continue after <code>map</code> and <code>filter</code>, go with <code>reduce</code>.</p> <p><img src="https://code.kiwi.com/images/media/b2901aab410d7ff2d493f31831acb3ff9d5f0b41ab490ef0533c8151153f3e89.webp" alt=""></p> <p>–Do you insist on using the image of the cat? –Yes, I do. Reflects the essence of functional programming. Source: <a href="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5185/5619954191_565779cf5d_b.jpg">https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5185/5619954191_565779cf5d_b.jpg</a></p>https://code.kiwi.com/articles/code-design-principles-for-public-apis-of-modules/Fri, 13 Oct 2017 22:17:00 +0000https://code.kiwi.com/articles/code-design-principles-for-public-apis-of-modules/<p><em>The following article is from Kiwi.com’s internal engineering handbook. We thought it could come in handy for others as well, so we decided to share it with the world here.</em></p> <p>This document should leave you with some idea on how to approach problems where you have to create a new module from scratch, or come up with a way to completely redesign an existing one.</p>