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Assorted Rants Tagged ‘Developer’, page 1:

Too Much Unit Testing Is Detrimental for Code Quality?

posted August 3, 2018 by "No Bugs" Hare

Quote:	“Code quality tends to be Quite Bad(tm) when there is no unit testing at all, reaching maximum when there are 0 to 10% of the unit testing methods, and degrading afterwards.”
Another Quote:	“It is quite easy to get past the optimum amount of unit testing for your project. And whenever your unit testing starts to affect your code in a negative way – you should stop”
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posted July 27, 2015 by "No Bugs" Hare

Quote:	“The reasons for rebellious behavior vary, and are not necessarily selfish”
Another Quote:	“You will have an architect (formal, informal, collective…) pretty much no matter what you’re doing.”
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posted March 1, 2015 by "No Bugs" Hare

Abstract:	Best practices need to be taken critically, otherwise they tend to become witch hunts.
Quote:	“Merciless refactoring is good, merciless refactoring having no clue about what you’re doing, is not”
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posted September 1, 2012 by "No Bugs" Hare

Abstract:	Rumors about user being the source of all the evil are greatly exaggerrated.
Quote:	“He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.” — Ecclesiastes
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posted January 1, 2012 by "No Bugs" Hare

Abstract:	Evolution has already brought us from Age of Power to Age of Knowledge. What’s next?
Quote:	“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” — Arthur C. Clarke
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posted November 1, 2011 by "No Bugs" Hare

Abstract:	Copyrights, patents, trademarks, and licenses explained for software developers.
Quote:	“The first de-facto trademarks appeared when a blacksmith in a small town decided to put a special sign on his swords…”
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posted July 1, 2011 by "No Bugs" Hare

Abstract:	If we like it or not, developers exist solely for one purpose: to make user happy.
Quote:	“If developers are forced to do something outright stupid, one cannot possibly expect them to work with enthusiasm.”
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