Tag: development
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I released Knot, a read later app for iOS
Reading Time: 3 minutesKnot is a free, offline read later app for iOS that helps users manage links they want to read later. It allows users to customize reading times and sends notifications accordingly. The app offers a simple solution for organizing saved links.
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Presumed technical debt: how to recognise it and avoid it
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe programming community unanimously considers technical debt an aspect of our work to keep under control and reduce. Personally, I’ve been vocal about the perils of technical debt in one of my early blog posts about the organizational issues it can cause. While I still stand by the majority of what I…
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How to miss a delivery date
Reading Time: 2 minutesEstimating a delivery date is hard. Missing it, on the other hand, is quite easy. When it happens try not to focus on pleasing stakeholders by committing to a new date that is very close to the original one.
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Yes, TDD slows you down
Reading Time: 3 minutesTDD is a strict software development methodology that might make you feel as if you’re doing things slower than you actually could. Is it a bad thing?
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The Mythical DevOps Engineer
Reading Time: 8 minutesI’m always a little suspicious of job specs looking for the so-called DevOps Engineer role. They often mention a vast variety of duties and responsibilities. Are they hiring for a single role or a whole team? Roles having DevOps in their title hardly share the same meaning. They often have something in…
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Testing LiveData on Android
Reading Time: 3 minutesTesting LiveData represents an interesting challenge due to the peculiarities of its technology and the way it eases development for your Android app. I’ve recently started to build an Android app to keep motivated on my journey to learn Kotlin. My most recent experience has been with Architecture Components and this brief…
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Email development with React and Webpack
Reading Time: 5 minutesEmail development is often an overlooked practice due to the peculiarities and constraints that most email clients impose. If you want to deliver a delightful user experience to your product you have to maintain its design consistent across all the media it is consumed from. An email is one way your product…