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re: Just Be Honest and Tell the Truth

Julian Browne — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:49:59 GMT

So very true - and something that's bugged me a lot over the years.

My theory is that some people feel the need to dress up simple concepts with buzzwords and ideology as a protection mechanism. Mostly because deep down they fear they're not up to the job. And sometimes they're not.

It's a sign of 'good' people that they *can* relax and be honest about what might work, what might not work and (most importantly) what they don't know.

It would make software development easier just as you say, because deep down it is pretty hard to do and none of us have all the answers.

re: Just Be Honest and Tell the Truth

James Gaisford — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:18:15 GMT

I agree. I think sometimes we all get a little lost and forget what it is we are trying to achieve. When you strip all the fluff and buzwords away all we are doing is writing software. Admitedly this can become complex, but as sugested here and in Ron Jefferies' post we can pick and choose things that apply to our situation rather to minimise the complexity and help deliver what our customers have asked for.

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re: Self Conscious Development

Scott Bellware — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:57:37 GMT

Chris,

Seeing last year's code from this year's eyes is inevitable. I look at code I just wrote and accept that it needs improvement, and then I look for ways to improve it.

It's a conscious effort in beginner mind - learning to invoke fresh eyes so that I can see through them. If I'm not doing this all the time, I write harder code, and I reduce my capacity, and the capacity of my team mates and my project.

We reduce the impact of next year's perspective on last year's code by making conscious efforts toward perfection in the present - which is the only point in time that we can actually make a difference in regards to code quality and solubility.

re: Self Conscious Development

Scott Bellware — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:44:01 GMT

...because if you don't write code as if you care what others think about what you’ve written, then they will incur unnecessary waste deciphering your code, and you will find your name on the candidates list for dismissal from the team for having arbitrarily-suboptimized the project.

re: Self Conscious Development

Jeff Perrin — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:25:13 GMT

@Chris,

Maybe include your future self in the "others" I spoke of? Which leads to a question. Have you ever written code you could look at a year later without cringeing? I know I have. But is that a good thing? If I'm improving as a developer I think I should almost *want* to cringe at year old code. Hmm.

re: Self Conscious Development

Chris Patterson — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:32:33 GMT

But what about the code you always look back a year later and say, "WTF? I wrote this crap?"

re: Self Conscious Development

Jeff Perrin — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:19:43 GMT

Joe, I haven't posted for 6-7 months. Let me ease back into it ;)

re: Self Conscious Development

Derik Whittaker — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:25:38 GMT

@Joe,

It is clear that you have not read Jeff's disclaimer.

And I quote 'The value of anything written on his blog should be deemed suspect at the minimum, and blatantly false and misleading in the worst case.'

re: Self Conscious Development

Joe — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:00:37 GMT

Jeff... don't drag me over to your blog to read one line posts. Waste of my time.

Specification pattern

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The last couple of days I'm learning a lot about the specification pattern. These links can helped