A canonical XML test

I recently did a few days of TDD training for a client. They asked me to help them test and…

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How to write better code

My previous blog post took off on Twitter. It pointed out a problem: Insisting on the obligation to follow certain…

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Forget about Clean Code, let’s embrace Compassionate Code

When your heroes start acting weird, you reexamine their influence on your life. I’ve long been learning, demonstrating and teaching…

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A wicked Java trick to make the JVM forget to check exceptions

I’ve long time been a critic of the mechanism of compiler checked exceptions in Java. Whether you love them or…

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Deliver early without sleepless nights

Trailblazing the first delivery of a software system requires courage and conviction, especially on projects that replace existing business critical…

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Planning software development with a time machine

I have an amazing time machine that lets me think better about projects. This is part 3 in a series…

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Replanning your project with a time machine

I have an amazing time machine that lets me think better about projects. This is part 1 in a series…

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The reuse dilemma

The first commandment that any young programmer learns is “Thou Shall Not Duplicate”. Thus instructed, whenever we see something that…

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Dead simple configuration

Whole frameworks have been written with the purpose of handling the configuration of your application. I prefer a simpler way.…

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