Misplaced Testing Confidence
I’ve been told that writing tests ensures your software works properly. Unfortunately, no amount of tests will 100% tell you that your software is bug free. It can’t. Testing is all about adding confidence. Confidence that your efforts are going…
Industry Ideals Disconnect
There’s an alarming large disconnect between what our industry preaches as ideals, and what it actually produces. Ultimately, I believe this stems from developers wanting or needing to just get shit done. Working code is seemingly good enough, and anything…
Preparing for the last 10 percent
Most developers have experienced it before… the dreaded last 10%. At the start, you blast through the initial planning… most entities and processes are seemingly-well defined. The middle goes the usual speed with some ups and downs. Then, the end…