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An Immutable Asynchronous State Holder in C#

In several projects that I have worked on over the last few years, we instituted a StateHolder class that eases the burden of managing state.

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Code Reviews as a Tool to Boost Productivity

Code reviews are a great long-term investment. They build shared knowledge, increase consistency, and make teams far more productive.

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Three Strategies for Maintaining an App on Two Platforms

My current project involves iOS and Android apps, both written natively for their platforms. Here are a few guidelines we follow to keep them in sync.

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Keep Your Temporary Hacks Temporary with a Shame.cs

Having a space to track temporary changes and known-crufty code helps me avoiding flitting between cleanup tasks, while reminding me to clean up my mess.

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How to Read Code (Eight Things to Remember)

When diving into a mature codebase for the first time, you might feel like an archaeologist. That's great—you've got a bunch of shovels at your disposal.

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How We Used a Week of Spikes to Map Out a Feature

In less than a week of strategic spiking, we were able to “de-risk” the majority of our upcoming work. We even had time to explore some other options.

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Why (and How) Developers Should Care about Design [Video]

Maybe you don't want to pick colors for your application, but you can and you should want to take ownership over the Design of your work.

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Don’t Discount Problems You Haven’t Had Yet

If your last project didn't need any insurance, be happy odds fell in your favor. And keep using spikes, automation, etc. to keep your premiums paid up.

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How I Learned to Love (or at Least Like) Pair Programming

I found pair programming surprisingly difficult at first. Here are 5 things I learned that made it much easier, until eventually, it was... well, fun.

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That’s Not Your Email Address

Four stories of misdirected email, and four lessons we can take from them for implementing email-based account systems.

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Ancient Stoic Wisdom for Writing Better Software

The idea of via negativa doesn’t mean “do nothing.” Instead, it means striving toward simplicity and asking, “What can I take away?”

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Three Benefits of Automating Development

By abstracting away mundane tasks, we're able to use more of our mental resources to tackle the problems we intended to solve in the first place

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