I dig this article on delegation, implying you should not delegate, and instead lead by getting out of people’s way so they can tell you want to do. It made me think about why I like being a Tech Lead.
https://longform.asmartbear.com/delegation
(more…)A quick history on Dependency Injection (DI) because I’ve experienced 2 extremely visceral reactions to it by experienced developers in the past year. I’m concerned either there are more than 2 devs who have a bad impression of it, or some are spreading misinformation which can negatively affect how you build & test your software.
(more…)Your east/west dashboard shows “us-east-1, us-west-2, and NULL” (1st image). How can types prevent that?
Gen Z programmers, breathe a sigh of relief. Millennials devs, it’s all good. Your Gen X & Boomer elders have seen this “X technology will replace programmers” before. Jesse Warden has got you.
1959: COBOL was called “Common Business Language” so non-programmers can read it. We were so expensive, the Pentagon got involved. Now COBOL Cowboys charge up to $1,000 per hour. The syntax morphed to OOP to be more likeable/usable by programmers.
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