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Joined October 2014
I'm going to spoil it for you because it's so damn important. Microsoft did a scientific study - based on MS Vista code and found that the best predictor of bugs was: ORGANIZATIONAL COMPLEXITY More people = worse code More departments = worse code Higher turnover = worse code
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Mypy 0.570 is out! This release adds attrs support + many bug fixes and other improvements. mypy-lang.blogspot.com/2018/…
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"The value of a prototype is in the education it gives you, not in the code itself." - Alan Cooper
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dryobates retweeted
Next time you have to write any significant amount of code, imagine that you are going to have to write a letter that teaches someone how to reproduce it. The only code you can show them are tests. It really changes how you approach the problem.
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It's an old anti-pattern, and sadly is still going strong. xitter.cf/mtnygard/status/938154…
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BDD does not work the way you think it works.
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Nice idea, but I feel the real challenge here isn't technical, but convincing regular users that this is fine medium.com/@SuperPaintman/yo…
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"Whenever you are tempted to type something into a print statement or a debugger expression, write it as a test instead." - Martin Fowler
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Blogged "Introducing Code Smells into Code" (by analysing past 10 Brutal Refactoring Games) blog.code-cop.org/2017/10/in… cc @adibolb
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New Blog. Test Contra-variance ht.ly/573p30fBZU0.
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A nice bit from @jamesshore and @arlobelshee jamesshore.com/Blog/Single-P… – at Antioch, IL
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Python Developers. Check your pip packages for these fake packages, they are malware. More info at nbu.gov.sk/skcsirt-sa-201709…
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