software engineering
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The Consenting Adults Problem
11 min
The Hidden Directive Gap
11 min
The Architecture Orphaning Problem with AI Agents
6 min
The Guardrail Erosion Problem with AI Agents
9 min
AI vs. Open Source, Part 3: The Constant Eyes
7 min
AI vs. Open Source, Part 2: The Hollow Commons
5 min
AI vs. Open Source, Part 1: The Empty Grant
5 min
The Suggestible Actor: A New Model for AI-Assisted Software Development
10 min
Cargo Cult Governance
9 min
Defense in Depth vs Locality of Behavior
2 min
When Backward Compatibility Can Rescue a Leaky Abstraction
6 min
Const Refs vs. Raw Pointers: Fixing Shared Pointer Reads
3 min
Changing your Jekyll theme without losing your mind (or your content!)
7 min
Cyclomatic Complexity: How Low Can You Go?
3 min
The Law of Demeter and unit tests
4 min
'Privatize' your classes for better unit testing
3 min
Tests should be isolated from each other; not coupled
7 min
In unit tests, I favor Detroit over London
5 min
Defining unit tests: two schools of thought
3 min
Primary attributes of unit test suites and their tradeoffs
6 min
The big WHY about unit tests
4 min
Unit test the brains and not the nerves
3 min
Mocks, Stubs, and how to use them
6 min
DRY unit tests are bad... mkay
9 min
Do not index on test coverage metrics
4 min
Beware of using patch.object to test your Python code
2 min
Reuse Code, Not Objects
2 min
Code reuse can prevent bugs
2 min
Git may not be the best for SaaS companies
7 min
When should you build for survival?
5 min
Are you building for Survival or Excellence?
6 min
Object Composition for Service Migration
4 min
folly:Future, onTimeout(), and a race condition
2 min
Scripts and their undo
2 min
Merits of unit tests — part 5
3 min
Unit tests FTW! — Part 4
3 min
The merits of unit tests — Part 3
4 min
The merits of unit tests — Part 2
2 min
My code is bugfree! Why should I unit test?
3 min