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Can your change be safely reverted?
There isn't a one-size-fits all solution, but it's important to consider revertable changes.
Merge SOMETHING every day
Even with long-running feature branches, you can merge something daily. A bug fix, refactor, or utility function.
Backward compatibility
The importance of backward compatibility often pops up in some surprising places.
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What is refactoring?
As in alegebra, code (re)factoring doesn't change the meaning of an expression, only the representation.
Driving with your hands at 10 and 2
Maybe strict TDD isn't necessary for experts, but it's still useful to learn.
It's the granularity that matters
It's not the red/green/refactor cycle. The important thing is working in short test/code or code/test cycles.
The doorway effect
Write code as if every function is a doorway, and every reader of my code will always experience the doorway effect.
Adventures in DevOps 125: The Pull Request Paradox with Yishai Beeri
Yishai Beeri of LinearB discusses strategies to improve flow of PRs and code review with smarter tooling.
Stupid config trick: Passwords as URLs
How can we unambiguously represent a password safely for shell, YAML, JSON, etc, and also know if it needs to be unescaped?