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The Definitive Guide to Shipping Imperfect Code
Deployment ProjectManagement CodeQuality

The Definitive Guide to Shipping Imperfect Code

Deployment ReleasePressure
Better Than Nothing
The Seductive Path of Writing a Custom ORM
Dependencies TechDebt DesignPatterns Architecture

The Seductive Path of Writing a Custom ORM

LinuxDistributions DistroHopping
Candy Over Medicine
The Perilous Task of Estimating Legacy Code Fixes
LegacySystems TechDebt ProjectManagement

The Perilous Task of Estimating Legacy Code Fixes

MachineLearning AIHype
The Big Blue Bar
The Five Lines of Code Holding Back the Apocalypse
LegacySystems TechDebt Dependencies

The Five Lines of Code Holding Back the Apocalypse

MachineLearning ModelEvaluation
There’s Always a Bigger Fish
Interrogation room meme exposes the myth of "future refactoring" promises
TechDebt Refactoring CorporateCulture

Interrogation room meme exposes the myth of "future refactoring" promises

TechnicalDebt RefactoringNeeded
Imaginary Friend
Excel as a Main Programming Language: A Horror Story
Interviews Microsoft Tooling

Excel as a Main Programming Language: A Horror Story

Interview TechnicalInterviews
A Surprise Solution
The 'Quick 20-Minute Refactor' That Spirals Into a Debugging Nightmare
Refactoring Bugs Debugging Troubleshooting

The 'Quick 20-Minute Refactor' That Spirals Into a Debugging Nightmare

DeveloperHumor RefactoringPain
Small Change, Big Mess
The Unstoppable Urge to Refactor: A Developer's 'Big Plans' vs. the PM
Refactoring Management PMs ProjectManagement

The Unstoppable Urge to Refactor: A Developer's 'Big Plans' vs. the PM

DeveloperHumor RefactoringPain
Rebuilding the Sandcastle
The Painful Realization That You Are Your Own Worst Enemy in Tech Debt
TechDebt CodeQuality Refactoring

The Painful Realization That You Are Your Own Worst Enemy in Tech Debt

TechnicalDebt RefactoringNeeded
Tripping Over My Toys
Forced Shipping Cadence via Intentional Memory Leak
Bugs Performance DevOps SRE

Forced Shipping Cadence via Intentional Memory Leak

MemoryLeaks DeveloperHumor
The Leaky Bucket Trick
Deceptive Discounts: Comparing App Size Optimization to Odometer Fraud
MobileDev Performance Marketing

Deceptive Discounts: Comparing App Size Optimization to Odometer Fraud

Android SoftwareUpdates
Fake Sale Tag
The Fundamental Law of Software Project Budgets
TechDebt ProjectManagement CorporateCulture

The Fundamental Law of Software Project Budgets

TechnicalDebt BudgetConstraints
Double the Work
The Departing Dev's Manic Knowledge Transfer
Documentation CorporateCulture TechDebt

The Departing Dev's Manic Knowledge Transfer

Documentation DocumentationWoes
Last-Minute Chaos
The All-Too-Common Justification for Microservices
DesignPatterns Architecture IndustryTrends Hype TechDebt

The All-Too-Common Justification for Microservices

MicroserviceArchitecture Microservices
Follow the Leader
The Horror of API Design Shortcuts: Serializing JSON into a String Field
TechDebt API DesignPatterns Architecture

The Horror of API Design Shortcuts: Serializing JSON into a String Field

Json API ApplicationProgrammingInterface
Quick Fix, Big Mess
The Perils of Over-Engineering: When Your Small Website Becomes a Tech Monstrosity
IndustryTrends Hype DesignPatterns Architecture Databases

The Perils of Over-Engineering: When Your Small Website Becomes a Tech Monstrosity

OverEngineering Microservices
Sledgehammer for a Fly
C# Developer's Self-Realization About Their Own Ecosystem
Languages Microsoft TechDebt

C# Developer's Self-Realization About Their Own Ecosystem

TechnicalDebt SpaghettiCode
The Messy Room
Kubernetes Architecture: Presentation vs. Reality
DevOps SRE Containerization Infrastructure

Kubernetes Architecture: Presentation vs. Reality

Kubernetes Containerization
Hiding the Mess
The Inevitable Regret of No Documentation
Documentation TechDebt CodeQuality

The Inevitable Regret of No Documentation

Documentation DeveloperHumor
Should’ve Written It Down
Senior Dev Wisdom: Avoiding Needless Complexity
CodeQuality DesignPatterns Architecture Juniors

Senior Dev Wisdom: Avoiding Needless Complexity

OverEngineering SimplicityVsComplexity
Broom vs. Lightsaber
Bleeding-edge mandate meets Java-8 reality in classic window toss meme
CorporateCulture LegacySystems TechDebt

Bleeding-edge mandate meets Java-8 reality in classic window toss meme

CorporateCulture TechnicalDebt
Fancy Tower, Shaky Base
The Duality of a Developer: Prolific Coder vs. Meticulous Debugger
DeveloperProductivity CodeQuality Bugs

The Duality of a Developer: Prolific Coder vs. Meticulous Debugger

DeveloperHumor DeveloperProductivity
O'Reilly Parody Cover on Revenue-Driven Development and Untested Hotfixes
Deployment Testing Production

O'Reilly Parody Cover on Revenue-Driven Development and Untested Hotfixes

DeploymentPainPoints Testing
What Could Go Wrong?
Boeing vs. SpaceX: A 'How It Started vs. How It's Going' Tale of Space Race Promises
CorporateCulture Enterprise Startup

Boeing vs. SpaceX: A 'How It Started vs. How It's Going' Tale of Space Race Promises

Corporate IndustryTrends
Bragging vs Doing
The Triangle Factory: A Perfect Metaphor for Shipping Workarounds
Management PMs Stakeholders Clients TechDebt

The Triangle Factory: A Perfect Metaphor for Shipping Workarounds

TechnicalDebt DeveloperHumor
Make Do With What You’ve Got
The Developer's Path to Inaction Enlightenment
DeveloperProductivity ProjectManagement MentalHealth

The Developer's Path to Inaction Enlightenment

DeveloperHumor DeveloperProductivity
The Unfinished Puzzle
Code Archaeology: When You're the Ancient Civilization
CodeQuality CodeReviews TechDebt

Code Archaeology: When You're the Ancient Civilization

CodeReview RelatableDevExperience
The Surprise Self-Own
The Initiation Rite of Production Code
Production CodeQuality TechDebt

The Initiation Rite of Production Code

CodeQuality TechnicalDebt
Messy Kitchen Surprise
Redis: The High-Performance Vehicle for Architectural Nightmares
Databases DesignPatterns Architecture TechDebt

Redis: The High-Performance Vehicle for Architectural Nightmares

Redis ArchitectureTradeoffs
The Perils of DIY Security: A Developer's Party Foul
Security DevCommunities CodeQuality

The Perils of DIY Security: A Developer's Party Foul

DeveloperHumor SecurityFlaws
Cardboard Lock