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5 Reasons to Write a Document Before Writing Code

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:39:00 +0000

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:

Ain’t nobody got time for that. We need to write code.

Readability counts even in code reviews

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 17:58:00 +0000

There are many guides all around the web on giving a good code review. Most of them will tell you what to look for (possible security issues, design, performance, etc.), what guidelines to follow (maximum time spent on a code review or a number of lines read at a time, creating checklists, etc.), or which tools can help you speed up your code reviews (like automated coding standard checks in pipelines).

How I learned to stop worrying and love test-driven development

Fri, 09 Aug 2019 17:55:00 +0000

Test-driven development (TDD) is not a new technique, but it is still not very widespread — neither is it well understood. Many people are only discovering it now, and many of them give up because the way they implement it doesn’t work for them.