Honeycomb

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Our industry is in the early days of an explosion in software using LLMs, as well as (separately, but relatedly) a revolution in how engineers write and run code, thanks to generative AI. In theory , all software is debuggable. There is a much longer list of things that make software less than 100% debuggable in practice.

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Honeycomb

JULY 26, 2022

You’ll be relieved to hear that you’re in the majority, and also that there are quick (and easy) steps you can do to prove that instrumenting your code is worthwhile. Is the system working? First, let’s talk about what makes a system “work.” If we don’t know that our system is running, then it’s not done.

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James Shore

JANUARY 31, 2019

If you're using test-driven development, don't measure unit test code coverage. To improve code and test practices. If waiting for defects to escape is too risky for you, have experienced QA testers conduct exploratory testing and conduct root-cause analysis on the results. James Shore/Blog.

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James Shore

APRIL 9, 2021

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. We revise and improve the design of existing code. That’s what everybody says: entropy is inevitable, and chaos eventually turns your beautifully imagined, well-designed code into a big mess of spaghetti. Test-Driven Development. Refactoring.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

DECEMBER 10, 2019

One of the more frequently asked questions in my Scrum workshops is around the difference between Definition of “Done” and Acceptance Criteria , and how they relate to User Stories. While Acceptance Criteria is a commonly understood concept in software development, Definition of “Done” is unique to Scrum. User Stories.

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Apiumhub

MAY 31, 2022

The main goal of a software company is to deliver a quality product. Under this premise, we understand that quality is not manufactured, but is part of the development process. Developer: Implements the requirements captured by the business to create the product. Tasks are created with the definition + agreed scenarios.

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Coveros

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

I was with a privately held software engineering firm focused on helping organizations transform their software testing capabilities. Some were not born yet, others mid-flight in our IT careers, and still others moving toward our mature technology years. 2011–2020 and Beyond. 2011–2020 and Beyond.

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Gorilla Logic

JULY 12, 2023

Development Using Specflow in.NET Behavior-driven development (BDD) is an Agile software methodology that can bridge the gap between business-focused and technical people by ensuring that software is built around the behavior a user expects to experience when using it.

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Honeycomb

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Our industry is in the early days of an explosion in software using LLMs, as well as (separately, but relatedly) a revolution in how engineers write and run code, thanks to generative AI. In theory , all software is debuggable. There is a much longer list of things that make software less than 100% debuggable in practice.

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Coveros

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

. “Extreme Programming turns the conventional software process sideways. Rather than planning, analyzing, and designing for the far-flung future, XP programmers do all of these activities—a little at a time—throughout development.” At that time, optimizing your Waterfall software process was all the rage.

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Henrik Warne

AUGUST 20, 2017

I recently found out about the book Developer Testing – Building Quality Into Software by Alexander Tarlinder , and I immediately wanted to read it. Even though I am a developer at heart, I have always been interested in software testing (I even worked as a tester for two years).

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Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

JUNE 11, 2020

How can we train teams to consistently produce quality code without negatively impacting productivity? Convincing skeptics to try a new system (32:12). Announcer: Welcome to The Programming Leadership podcast, where we help great coders become skilled leaders, and build happy, high performing software teams. Episode 46.

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James Shore

MARCH 12, 2021

Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Developers, Whole Team. Do you want to waste half your time sitting in sullen silence watching somebody else code? Their job is to code.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

APRIL 25, 2023

At a glance, it’s clear that the prompts Xu Hao uses to generate working code are very long and complex. Writing these prompts requires significant expertise, both in the use of ChatGPT and in software development. First, note the overall strategy Xu Hao uses to write this code. His first prompt is very long.

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The Programmer's Paradox

JUNE 29, 2009

The debate has ended, and the conclusion is: TDD works. Test Driven Development (TDD) for those that are unfamiliar with it, is more or less a "game" to be played while coding, with a set of three "laws" orienting a programmer's efforts. The controversy is over. Sorry." -- Robert C.

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MagmaLabs

AUGUST 26, 2021

Reading Time: 11 minutes Nowadays it is relatively easy to become a software developer, but being a truly professional one is not that simple. Learn here how to be the developer that every company and every client wants to have. Being a professional developer is crucial in the software industry. Apply Clean Code.

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James Shore

APRIL 26, 2021

Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. It’s Not Just Coding. Computers don’t care what your code looks like. If the code compiles and runs, the computer is happy.

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Altexsoft

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

When business professionals understand the capabilities of the technical team, and the engineers understand what the business truly requires from the software, it results in the creation of software with real business value. That’s where behavior-driven development (BDD) comes in. But how do you achieve all this?

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James Shore

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Not just spending money—that’s comparatively easy—but making real, meaningful changes to organizational structures, systems, and behaviors.

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James Shore

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Modern software development takes a lot of skills. Your feedback is appreciated! But at last, you ship. At least it‘s Ops’ problem now.

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James Shore

MAY 24, 2021

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Our software is secure and easy to manage in production. Create stories for making your software easier to monitor, manage, and secure. Don’t save operations and security stories for the end of development. It’s better to keep your software ready to release.

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James Shore

JUNE 7, 2021

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Despite your best efforts, your software will sometimes fail to work as it should. Despite your best efforts, your software will sometimes fail to work as it should. Failure is a consequence of your entire development system. Incident Analysis.

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Codegiant

AUGUST 15, 2021

While producing this blog post, I collaborated with our in-house software development team. And the very first question I shot their way was: “What are some of your biggest software development nightmares?” Deadlines are any software development team’s biggest nightmare. Trust me?—?new

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Codegiant

AUGUST 15, 2021

While producing this blog post, I collaborated with our in-house software development team. And the very first question I shot their way was: “What are some of your biggest software development nightmares?” Deadlines are any software development team’s biggest nightmare.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

JUNE 6, 2018

Demonstrates that in any system where there is a bottleneck, the rest of the system should be subordinated to the bottleneck until the bottleneck is cleared. Goldratt’s work is, in part, the basis for Kanban and also shows why, in a constrained situation, moving a Developer or Writer from their primary work to the constraint (e.g.

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Codegiant

APRIL 14, 2020

Agile vs Waterfall: Key Differences And Definition?—?Which Agile is also about human interactions, customer collaboration, adapting to change, and producing working software. You observe how the market reacts to the software you create and then make iterations to improve it. Delivering software that actually works.

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LaunchDarkly

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Kristen Gallagher, Founder of Edify, a data-driven, human-focused learning design firm, spoke at the October Test in Production Meetup in Seattle, co-hosted by LaunchDarkly and the Seattle DevOps Meetup. She shared about nightmares in employee onboarding for software engineers and strategies for avoiding them. Speaker 5: Woo!

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Apiumhub

JULY 23, 2019

As you may already know, Apiumhub team is software architecture-oriented and reads books for software architects on a weekly basis. This year Apiumhub organizes Global Software Architecture Summit 10th of october, which will take place in Barcelona. “ Essential Software Architecture ” by Ian Gorton.

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James Shore

AUGUST 19, 2020

Every week, we look at software engineering topics, and this week, I have a special show for you. I’m going to be reading from the new edition of my book, The Art of Agile Development. In the 1990s, software development was believed to be in crisis. They actually called it that: “The Software Crisis.” Introduction.

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