Speed up with Test-driven Development

Doing test-driven development is the best way to maintain software release speed and avoid “legacy” software slowing you down. I lay out what TDD is, why it helps you avoid legacy slow-downs, and shows that most people don’t actually do it.

Don’t forget to measure

Most development teams forget to do a key activity: measuring the success of new features. Teams need to create metrics that will validate or invalidate the assumptions behind the feature and also alternate implementations. But it starts with creating measurements! In this episode, Coté discusses covers the importance of measuring your software, some types of measurements, and an example of measurements in action at The Home Depot.

Notebook

• In my head, I’m always the same age - around 30? 35? But my kids see me aging, and changing. One day I’ll wake up and see a sagging bag in the mirror and think: oh, that’s me!
• Idea state du jour: I don’t want to control anything. I just want to float along, of course, enjoying life, avoiding suffering, and making sure my family is good, doing work I need to sustain and be comfortable. But I need to give up on many things, just float.

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