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Debugging Techniques: #1 Break the System into Small Pieces

My PC wouldn’t boot, didn’t even make a sound. I eventually traced the problem down to a particular mounting screw. But how did I figure it out? Debugging!

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Security Hygiene for Software Professionals

Taking responsibility for your security hygiene is essential and not very difficult. Here are 7 things you should start doing as soon as possible.

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Three Tips to Make Your Next Dependency Upgrade Easier

Over time, even well-managed web apps can see their dependencies fall behind. The JavaScript community moves fast, and if you don't stay on top of it, you can wind up with a packag

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Retrospective: “Building a Virtual Appliance – Repeatably”

When we originally designed this, we made the assumption that by freezing the dependencies that we could, the possible changes would be isolated in lower-risk, more slowly moving c

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Your Logs Should Be Considered Features, Too

Logging shouldn't be an afterthought. It's a core piece of diagnostic tooling. Logs are so cheap to integrate that they are often a high-ROI feature.

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Functions and the Single Responsibility Principle

Do you apply the Single Responsibility Principle to functions and methods? This post illustrates the reasons why you might want to with a brief example.

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Grooming Your Project After a Release

Post-release grooming lets you tie up loose ends, leave the product in a better state, and allows you to tackle future work with fewer roadblocks.

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You Should Use Static Dates For Your Unit Tests

Why I use static dates for my unit tests: by not depending on the current system time, my test suite is stronger and more helpful to my project.

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Uncle Bob’s Clean Code: Irrelevant in the Age of Full-Stack JavaScript?

"Clean Code" by Robert C. Martin (a.k.a. Uncle Bob) is particularly helpful in the practice of day-to-day software development. But how relevant is it now?

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Accept It: Software is Wabi-sabi

Accepting that software products are never perfect, permanent, or finished gives me a sense of peace and helps me focus on how to make the situation better.

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Four Tips for Documenting a Legacy Codebase

I’ve developed a good strategy for documenting the business logic and data flows in a legacy code base. Here are a few tips that I found helpful.

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The Security Spectrum of curl | sh

curl | sh, though somewhat risky, isn't intrinsically insecure as a pattern. If you know what can go wrong, you'll be better-equipped to wisely use it.

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