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February 02, 2024

Composition like in unix tools.

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THEMES

Delayed Gratification
Mental Modelling
Employing Your Subconscious
Cognitive Overhead
The Pyramid
Communication
Usability and User Experience Design
Return on Investment
Analysis
Red Flags

COGNITIVE OVERHEAD THINGS

Intro
Safety Blanket
Type Safety
Do Not Write Unit Tests
Lint Your Code
No Comments
Communicate Intent
Naming
Ideal Language
Consistency
Format Your Code
Everything Should Have a Home
Separate Logic from Plumbing

ABSTRACTION THINGS

Intro
Wrong Level of Abstraction
Notice Abstractions Early
Abstraction vs Boilerplate
Do Not Abstract Incidental Similarity
Beware of Unnecessary Indirection

CODING THINGS

Intro
Avoid complexity
Remove incidental
Simplify
Layering
Composition
Isolate complexity
Avoid Nested Branching
Avoid Long Functions
Levels of Concern
Default Deny
Least Power
Get Error Handling Right
Avoid Mutation

PROCESS THINGS

Intro
Learn to Type
Be Aware of the Context
Code Reviews
Eliminate Packet Drop
Differentiate “Process” from “Deliverable” Work
Organize Your Execution
Beware of Fashion
Thousand Paper Cuts
Fear
Avoid Pride
Reduce Uncertainty Proactively
Get to Runnable Code ASAP and Stay There
Design Developer Workflow for Momentum

TROUBLESHOOTING AND ANALYSIS THINGS

Intro
Look Where You Touched
It’s All Just Code
Be Comfortable Not Knowing
Differentiate Proximate and Root Causes
Ask “Why?” Until Your Reach The Root
Do Not Use the Debugger

RED FLAG THINGS

Intro
This Hurts My Head
Burnout
Single Item Masking a Lot of Work

AFTERWORD

Plan of Action
Quality

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