Coding is already inherently complex enough. You don’t need to add any more, it will find you regardless. It’s always easy to add more complexity, but it is difficult to remove it once it is there.
Rituals are an important part of humanity. We’ve been performing them for years. They serve a purpose. They help us to form good habits. As everyday examples, you probably have rituals around brushing your teeth or around washing your hands. …
Avoiding premature optimization can be a good thing, but there are some times where you “Probably Are Gonna Need It” (PAGNI).
Knowing how to use SQL is a very useful skill to have. This book is a great place to start and it’s an entertaining read.
There’s a lot of dogma out there about TDD. Instead of more dogma, here is how I use TDD in LabVIEW to help me write better code faster.
Today is the start of GDevCon N.A. It took a lot of planning and effort, but its finally here. Thanks to everyone who made it possible!
Your code is a reflection of you. It gives you a mirror into your organization. You should use that to find opportunities for improvement.
All code is written by and for humans. Anything that helps us better understand ourselves and the human condition will make us a better coder.
An easy tray to fall into working on Legacy Code is to ask for the original requirements. The current behavior is much more important.
Separating methods that modify object data (commands) from those that don’t (queries) can help make debugging easier.
