Disclaimer: All opinions are my own Your job will make you mad sometimes. Whether you’re a lawyer, waiter, teacher, or construction worker you will have days that set you off and make you mad. Maybe you had a project get canceled after 9 months of grueling work, maybe you lost…

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own Every code base is a little messy, and it’s supposed to be. Successful code goes through these phases Idea that could be cool Idea that you prove is technically possible Working proof of concept Scaling to more users The legacy thing you hate supporting …

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own Since the start of my career I’ve started on 6 new teams (I realize that’s too many!) and consulted with a handful more. I’ve found some useful patterns to apply when starting out on a new software engineering team. Lead with Positive Curiosity It’s easy to spot flaws…

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own I was recently asked the question, “Why is software culture so fixated on the concept of a team?” The question might sound adversarial, but the individual asking was performing a genuine thought exercise. …

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own All code requires maintenance, and that includes all of your test code. It’s all too easy to think of tests as a one-time expense. Over the years I’ve heard a number of engineers say, “We’re almost done writing the UI tests.” …

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own I’ve been working in Java for years (as in 10 years, I’m getting old) but I’ve only been writing Kotlin for about 6 months — here are my reactions! Scope Functions These are a little tough to get used to for me. The idea that objects…

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own I've been writing Java for like 10 years, and rust for one week. Here are my first impressions! Holy primitives When you read the docs on the Rust primitives and the Java Primitives they’re pretty similar. But when you’re reading code and you see u16 followed…

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own Typically when you start your career you spend more time implementing tasks than writing them. …