Monday, 17 September 2012

Black Hole - The Fail Fast Anti-Pattern

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As a general rule of thumb I’ve always been fond of the principles behind failing fast - fail sooner rather than ignore/sidestep the issue a...
Friday, 14 September 2012

From Visual C++ to GCC - Linker Order Matters

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Back in July 2009 I wrote a post about how I had started using GCC as a cheap alternative to performing some static code analysis as I lam...
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Thursday, 13 September 2012

Can Code Be Too Simple?

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Many years ago I was reflecting on some changes that a newer (albeit experienced) colleague[#] had made and I came across a refactoring that...
Monday, 10 September 2012

Maintaining VCS History Across Refactorings

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Refactoring is seen as an essential tool in the ever increasing battle against software entropy, and the most common variant[*] I do day-to-...
Friday, 7 September 2012

Assume Failure by Default

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Maybe I’m just an old pessimist but when I see code like this below, it makes me think “now there’s an optimistic programmer”:- void doSom...
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Friday, 4 May 2012

Beware the Complacency Unit Testing Brings

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One phrase that is always sure to raise the ire of any good honest developer when something breaks is:- “well, it works on my machine” ...
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My “Agile SQL Tweet” Slide

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Before I put the PowerPoint slides for my ACCU conference talk on Database Development Using TDD up on my web site I agonised over whethe...