I write good code
How I sensed a bug while not seeing any, and what came of it.
Dear reader,
Today I found a place on our website where we display the size of a recreational area in square kilometers.
199 km²
I cannot fully explain what happened next, but I had a hunch something must be wrong with this feature.
Narrator: there was.
If you ask me, what’s a single most important thing in writing good code, I’d reply: “Modularization and Dependency Management”.
Well, actually, that’s two things. Sorry about that! But they are two sides of the same coin, and you can’t have one without the other, if you want to your code to be nice and clean.
Continue reading “Modularization and dependency management: three steps to better code”
Are you a perfectionist? That kind of a person that can never say “I’m done”, “it’s ready” or “let’s ship it”? The one who can’t release the new feature unless it’s polished and perfect?
You’re a manager, and your developer tells you they want to refactor something? You’re a developer, but don’t know if you should resist the sudden urge to refactor that ugly piece of code you just saw? Here’re true stories that will help you decide.
