Christian Maioli M.
🛠 Web development and 🖥 computer programming
You’ve been given the task of implementing a new feature on an old codebase, but the code looks awful. How can you understand it as quickly as possible? Here are several shortcuts to help learn the important parts of new code without getting lost in the irrelevant details. As programmers, we often have to join new projects, …
From the first time I did an estimate, it seemed evident to me that previous experience with a task is tremendously helpful in estimating it accurately. For instance, if you’ve installed a particular library a bunch of times, you should at this point have a good idea about how long that usually takes you, right? What …
Modularity first started looking really interesting to me after I read the legendary SICP book. It surprised me to learn that for some people, making code understandable is so important that they write their own little languages just to make the program readable to anyone (the book also teaches you how to build an interpreter, an …
The discussion about software methodologies is not over. Agile did not win, nor did any other methodology. I’ve never worked in a team that hit the right spot in team dynamics and was as effective as possible, whether using incremental development or not. I think I’ve figured out what it is that still needs work …
Bad habits are hard to break and even harder if you don’t realize that what you’re doing is undermining your work. If you know but don’t care—that would be the worst. But you’re here, aren’t you? As a programmer, I’ve seen a lot of poor practices, not just around code, but also around teamwork skills. …