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The ball and the bat problem
Why a bug is Never just a 5-minute fix
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Elena Sunshine
The social lives of unit tests
We often think about ourselves as social creatures. In software development, unit tests have social lives of their own.
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Elena Sunshine

April 2024

No branching in your tests
Why eliminating ifs in your tests leads to more predictable outcomes and strategies to keep your codebase decluttered.
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Elena Sunshine
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March 2024

Your system's exceptions are a ticking time bomb
Why eliminating exceptions in favor of functional error handling is a game-changer for your system' stability.
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Elena Sunshine
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The biggest Obstacle stalling your career growth
Lessons from Black Swans and the importance of continuous learning
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Elena Sunshine
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9 rules for writing cleaner code
Writing code that stands the test of time isn't easy. Find out how practicing object calisthenics will improve your code's structure, readability, and…
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Elena Sunshine
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Economics of coding
How to achieve peak performance in code.
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Elena Sunshine
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February 2024

5 Deployment strategies that make your life easier
Dreading the next big update? Find out how the right deployment strategy can transform update day from a nightmare into a non-event for your team.
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Elena Sunshine
Bus Factor explained
Why being replaceable is a career booster, not a setback.
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Elena Sunshine
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Detroit vs London schools of unit testing
Are you a classicist or a mockist when it comes to unit testing?
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Elena Sunshine
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Richardson Maturity Model
A roadmap for your API development from the basics of request-response to the holy grail of HATEOAS.
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Elena Sunshine

January 2024

The PH of a Database
ACID vs BASE: Foundational Principles for Database Transaction Management
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Elena Sunshine
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