The Untitled Book of Eliot Pearson

Software Development Is Not Just About Writing Code

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There comes a time in a developer’s life where we have seen bad code. This happens relatively fast in your development. You pick up a new language, write some code, and comeback to it in a few months. You will be horrified at what you produced. Next time don’t beat yourself up about it. You [...]

A Tester is an Ally and not an Enemy

Testers make your job easier so don’t give them a hard time. You would think most developers realize this, but most don’t. I have seen countless times where developers believe a tester is out to get them. I know some are thinking how does a tester help me. I write code and a tester will [...]

Should You Really Be Optimizing Right Now?

C# is the language that is keeping the lights on right now. I had a conversation with a fellow programmer about refactoring and optimizing code. C# is compiled by a very refined compiler. I am hugely generalizing the process here, but the compiler can determine your intent and provide output based on that. This means [...]