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Monthly Archives: September 2020

Pay it forward.

Someone else has to maintain your code in the future. Do them a favor.

Posted byfooyaySeptember 30, 2020September 22, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:conventions, future, standardsLeave a comment on Pay it forward.

Don’t assume user behavior.

Users will always surprise you in how they employ your application.

Posted byfooyaySeptember 29, 2020September 22, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:business analysis, use casesLeave a comment on Don’t assume user behavior.

Avoid floating-point arithmetic if you need exact answers.

Rounding errors will haunt you forever.

Posted byfooyaySeptember 23, 2020August 9, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:calculations, floating-pointLeave a comment on Avoid floating-point arithmetic if you need exact answers.

Don’t confuse being busy with being productive.

You have to stay focused.

Posted byfooyaySeptember 22, 2020August 9, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:focus, multitaskingLeave a comment on Don’t confuse being busy with being productive.

It’s an imperfect world.

Sometimes things go wrong, so you need to handle the cases where things don’t go right.

Posted byfooyaySeptember 21, 2020August 4, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:API, failure, resilienceLeave a comment on It’s an imperfect world.

Simplicity comes from reduction.

Sometimes less is more. This is one of those times.

Posted byfooyaySeptember 18, 2020August 4, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:delete, simplicity, start overLeave a comment on Simplicity comes from reduction.

Smile more.

A great attitude maximizes your strengths and offsets your weaknesses.

Posted byfooyaySeptember 17, 2020August 4, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:attitude, influenceLeave a comment on Smile more.

Send messages.

Message passing leads to greater scalability.

Posted byfooyaySeptember 16, 2020August 4, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:messaging, pub sub, scalabilityLeave a comment on Send messages.

Look forward.

How we got here is not as important as where we are going.

Posted byfooyaySeptember 15, 2020August 4, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:blame, future, retrospectivesLeave a comment on Look forward.

Increase visibility.

Shine a light into the darkness.

Posted byfooyaySeptember 14, 2020August 3, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:incremental development, kanban, visibilityLeave a comment on Increase visibility.

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