Engineering health is a term that deserves far more attention than it receives. Sustainable software development is not only about the features we ship or the speed at which we deliver. Every organisation, even the healthiest ones, makes subpar decisions over time. Some are technical decisions that turn into technical debt. Others are operational decisions that solidify into weak processes […]
I know. When you hear legacy, you think untested code, brittle systems, weird edge cases, and “what the hell just broke now.” Every moment feels frustrating. You don’t know what the next change will trigger. I hear you. Been there, done that. A lot of cursing happens. But here’s the thing: if you’ve ended up with legacy software, it means […]
Throughout the years I have worked on many software projects. In most of them, the code header included the authorʼs name. At first, it seemed natural to have the authorʼs name. In time I realized having a code author in the header is irrelevant, discouraging, and often negative. That realization changed how I think about authorship in teams. Practically speaking, […]
Duplicate code isn’t something we usually want in our code for various reasons. The most obvious one is maintenance. When you change a piece of logic, you have to find every place where it appears and update them all. A deeper reason lies in the proper use of design principles, such as Don’t Repeat Yourself (DRY). Although it’s hard to […]