Nothing was added to your codebase. It got heavier anyway [Part 1]
(The Three Physics of Software — part 1 of 2) All our software building practices were formed with a single constraint in mind: people wrote the code. Therefore, producing it was slow and expensive. Reviews, onboarding, design docs, keeping modules small. All of it tried to maximise the effectiveness of the people writing the code. […]
Technical Debt – Will hit you 3 times
“Look, it’s critical that we meet our deadline, and I know that we are already running behind. So please, we need you to push faster no matter the costs. And I don’t care if you need to cut some corners on the way. I’m totally aware of the costs, we just need to meet the […]
Should Testers know how to program
Back in 2013 I published the following post, but since I know, no one actually read these links I’ve chosen to quote that post in full. Sadly enough I still get that question way to often to my liking. MUST TESTERS KNOW HOW TO PROGRAM? One of the most common question that arises when talking to […]