This is a guest post from Tim Bourguignon. Enjoy. Dear new developer, Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a black chalk board in a dark room. The board carried remainders of countless creations. Diagrams that could pass as hieroglyphs for the non-educated eye. Or well crafted UML to the … Continue reading Make it work
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There is no perfect system, it’s all about the tradeoffs
Dear new developer, I want to build perfect systems. There's something so beautiful about a perfect bit of code that solves a problem elegantly and succinctly. Especially if it comes with a set of unit tests and great documentation. But, every time I start to work on any real world problems, tradeoffs come into play. … Continue reading There is no perfect system, it’s all about the tradeoffs
