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Making Changes in a World of YAGNI

In many agile development projects, code will need to change frequently, and clean code that is easy to understand is easier to change.

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Ensure a Successful Continuous Improvement Engagement With These Activities

Regularly plan to do these activities to keep your project healthy between active phases of development in a continuous improvement engagement.

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Why & How to Tackle Internationalization at the Beginning of a Project

Writing code to support localization at the beginning of the project can ease the addition of new languages and regions later on.

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3 Tips for Handing Off a Large Project

Ensuring a new team can easily start doing effective work after you've handed off a project to them is important. Here are some ideas on how to do that.

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Embracing Nullability for GraphQL APIs

Build an API that expresses uncertainty with nullable fields, and your frontend implementation can use those APIs to handle less-than-ideal data.

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6 Things to Consider when Adding a New Project Dependency

Dependencies are liabilities, and not all of them are worth the risk. The next time you're deciding whether to add one, ask yourself these six questions.

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Three Ways to Develop, #3: The Swarm

Getting more than two developers together in a "swarm" is a valuable tactic that can improve context sharing and team decision-making.

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Three Ways To Develop, #2: Pair Programming

Pair programming is a very effective development approach. But knowing when to pair is just as important as knowing how.

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Three Ways to Develop, #1: Working Solo

Writing software on your own doesn't have to be a bad thing. In fact, it has several distinct advantages, in the right situations.

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Making Impossible Builds Impossible

There are times when additional steps must occur during automated builds. Strategically insert fail points to ensure these conditions are met.

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Receiving Your First Code Reviews? Remember 3 Things

Code reviews can be a source of anxiety for new developers. Here are three ways to get the most out of them for you, your project, and your team.

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Exceptions Happen; Handle Them Well

Understanding exceptions in your software and how to handle them is key to making it robust and creating a good experience for you and your users.

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