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Pioneered JUnit/xUnit, patterns, XP, TDD. Ex-Apple, Meta, Gusto, Mechanical Orchard. Learning to be me. Blogging at https://t.co/wJpBuSGJyB.

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For 20 years software had a stable playbook. Need reliability? Here are five ways to write tests. Now that writing code is nearly free, the engineers best at that playbook turn to it, and it's blank.

For 20 years software had a stable playbook. Need reliability? Here are five ways to write tests. Now that writing code is nearly free, the engineers best at that playbook turn to it, and it's blank.

13,176 views • 20 days ago

Keith Adams on Still Burning: if these tools are so good, where's all the magic software? My phone crashed yesterday. I see more bugs now, in software that was rock solid before. When does that hit something load-bearing?

Keith Adams on Still Burning: if these tools are so good, where's all the magic software? My phone crashed yesterday. I see more bugs now, in software that was rock solid before. When does that hit something load-bearing?

13,325 views • 24 days ago

On Still Burning I told Keith Adams this shift erases two of my books. Crafting code so it communicates to other humans was a real craft. But it's a bit like horseshoeing now. No leverage in being the best horseshoer, even the world's best.

On Still Burning I told Keith Adams this shift erases two of my books. Crafting code so it communicates to other humans was a real craft. But it's a bit like horseshoeing now. No leverage in being the best horseshoer, even the world's best.

10,763 views • 28 days ago

There's a gap between finishing one feature and starting the next. There's pressure to fill it immediately. That gap is where you work on your futures—the things that make the next feature easier.

There's a gap between finishing one feature and starting the next. There's pressure to fill it immediately. That gap is where you work on your futures—the things that make the next feature easier.

19,325 views • 5 months ago

10 years from now, who even knows what part of software development will still be a human activity? Nobody knows. But some people are staying ahead instead of catching up. Still Burning episode 1 now live.

10 years from now, who even knows what part of software development will still be a human activity? Nobody knows. But some people are staying ahead instead of catching up. Still Burning episode 1 now live.

12,554 views • 4 months ago

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