Monthly Archives: September 2010

You can do without TDD. You ca…

You can do without TDD. You can go faster without TDD. You’re a fucking genius. I can use any help I can get to write better software.

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It’s easy to write crappy code…

It’s easy to write crappy code in every fucking language.

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Learn about a software develop…

Learn about a software development methodology by fucking following it instead of waxing about it.

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Don’t return from the fucking …

Don’t return from the fucking middle of nowhere. Use one exit for your methods. Everything else will set you up for disaster later.

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How do you expect to do design…

How do you expect to do design if you don’t sweat the fucking basics like class/method/variable naming or decompositon of methods?

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You can always take smaller st…

You can always take smaller steps, you just have to fucking do it instead of messing around.

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If you’re a software developer…

If you’re a software developer and don’t have at least one side project you’re fucking dead in the water.

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You learn by following the rul…

You learn by following the rules first, then bending them, not the other way round.

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“Bad code is like Herpes. It’s…

“Bad code is like Herpes. It’s the gift that keeps on giving.” – @unclebobmartin fucking nails it http://bit.ly/aLM6AR

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Reading a book about programmi…

Reading a book about programming is not about parsing the book, it’s about generating the mental code for your daily work from it.

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