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Try All the Easy Fixes First

Next time you see something inexplicable happen, try to take in the whole problem first before you get lost in the weeds.

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Property-Based Testing – Testing Assumptions You Don’t Know You’re Making

Finding good test input can be tricky. Even with loads of unit tests, bugs still get through. Why not just generate input and let that find the edge cases?

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Floating Point Numbers & Currency Rounding Errors

Even when you know you shouldn't use floats/doubles for currency, there are several many places that rounding errors can slip in.

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Reflections on 10+ Years of Pairing – What Works, What Breaks, and What’s Next

Lessons from ten years' experience with pair programming.

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4 Development Practices that Make Software Easier to Update and Maintain

You won't be the last person to look at that code base. So here are 4 things that make projects easier to pass on; future developers will thank you.

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Putting the Science back in Computer Science

Five scientific tools/techniques that can improve your software development and put the Science back in Computer Science.

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The Cost of Unit Testing

Is your unit test suite falling short of the value you thought it would have? Here's where you're probably going wrong.

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This Code Is Untestable! (Part 2, for Developers)

This post covers five anti-patterns that lead to untestable software, and how resolving these anti-patterns can clean up your codebase.

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This Code Is Untestable! (Part 1, for Managers)

What it means when a developer says code is "untestable," and what you should do about it.

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Shorten Board Bring-up with a Well-Designed Alpha Board

Creating a well-designed Alpha board adds no additional cost, but can save you a lot of time and frustration. Here are 3 steps to creating great, time-saving alpha boards.

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How to Avoid Stupid Programming Mistakes

I immediately took a step back and thought about how I’ve approached being stuck in the past and what I could do differently next time.

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Dumb Development Mistake Checklist

Don't fall into the same traps that so many other developers fall into. Next time you're stuck, run through this list to make sure you're not wasting time.

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