Using profanity doesn't make us expressive, it simply shows we're vulgar and lacking.
I think, history will say, Scala & Clojure are to FP as C++ is to OOP.
"safety" in type safety is as comforting as "security" in social security.
Design patterns are the clichés of software design.
I've found intuition and gut feeling to be the most useful tools for design so far.
I don't want my project stakeholders to be guests on my projects, I want them to have a "skin in the game," investing their time & effort.
Learning a lib, a lang is easy. To improve code & change development style is hard-requires discipline & great self awareness.
"My boss is not convinced" is euphemism for "I'm not convinced, but I'm in denial (& it feels good to blame it on the boss)."
Relying heavily on some of our key strengths sometimes tends to be our major weakness.
I prefer a healthy dose of skepticism over naive optimism or incessant pessimism.
As engineers, we're good at telling boss what won't work. We should learn to explain what'd work & how it'll help the business.
Jumping into Scrum without practices to promote sustainable dev is like jumping into marriage with no real commitments.
There's usually a point in time when a project can be turned to success, but that opportune moment is rarely at the end.
Each time someone hears the words "best practice" God kills a few neurons.
You know you work for an enterprise when you dial long distance to schedule guy in the next room to fix your projector.
If work is not "having fun" you're likely holding on to a stinking job than being in pursuit of a passionate profession.
When getting into TDD, be prepared not to learn, but to unlearn; the more experience writing code, the more unlearning there is.
Architecture for a product is like salt for a meal–essential, must be in right proportion, & can't be self-serving.
Shaving head, losing shirt, walking barefoot doesn't make us Gandhi; at best only a cheap imitation of a 1/2 naked fakir.
A professional who doesn't learn to fail, fails to learn.
Given a choice between code that's simply sensible vs. hypothetically extensible, I prefer the former any day.
Let's be driven by inspiration, and not desperation, to attain that success that we can relish.
The words static and synchronized are menace to TDD.
Be opinionated, but unbiased. "The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind" William Blake.
Continuing to use miserable developer tool is like being complacent in an abusive relationship-why not get out for a better life?
They say "end does not justify the means." But, in agile development, do we expect means that justify the end?
"We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself." Lloyd Alexander
The irony of our industry, we brave to automate the world, yet we fear automating our projects.
IMHO, a great talk/book has both high information density & velocity; how much quality info is given & its pace.
If your company wants you to follow only standard practices, they're asking you to follow the path to mediocracy.
Dear company, owning code your programmers can't understand is worst than losing the code.
Zinnser: "Easy writing makes hard reading; hard writing makes easy reading" Not just writing, it's apt for coding.
If your code is not testable, it simply means your design sucks.
Ignorance is a tumor, remove early.
The only little predictable aspect of our lives is its unpredictability.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." Aristotle.
In Java, you work for the compiler; in Scala the compiler works for you.
Trying to release product fast by compromising quality is like trying to lose weight fast by smoking.
"Methods to gain wisdom: by reflection (noblest), by imitation (easiest), and by experience (bitterest)"—source unknown.
What's the difference between a mafia and the government? Mafia doesn't require you to do paper work for the money they take away from you.
Dear developer, pride not developing complex software; strive instead to develop a capable and useful software.
Two sets of people scare me: those who can't follow instructions and those who can only follow instructions.
A good programmer should never fear throwing away code.
A framework that's your darling today is the one you'll hate in two years (make that four if you're a fanboy).
Some people teach me how to live; others how not to. I learn from both. Thankfully, however, each day I get to meet more of the former.
My mentors did not change the word, but hey they changed my world. Be a mentor.
You can't be Agile if your code sucks
