Communicating With Code

Taking a cue from Julia Evans , linking this here to remind myself to re-read it occasionally: John Allspaw's notes On Being a Senior E...

There are, I think, two big dangers in designing software (which probably apply to other types of creative activity, as well): No u...

I recently encountered an argument ( Why Most Unit Testing is Waste ) from Jim Coplien arguing forcefully against unit testing a...

Recalling my preferred definition of solution elegance : TotalComplexity = EssentialComplexity + AccidentalComplexity Elegance = E...

It's well understood that software code is a document written primarily for two different types of audience: The platforms tha...

While the design process is a learning process , an elegant design can be considered a teaching tool. In order to justify this argument, I...

LtU pointed me to Design Principles Behind Smalltalk . I'll quote the first design principle named, because it illustrates what I thin...