For a technology organization to say that it is polyglot is one of those hot “new” catch-phrases. Why is this something that organizations strive for, and what are the ramifications of actually being polyglot? Benefits One of the most commonly offered benefits of polyglot is that teams can choose the language that best fits the … Read more
Some people view certain code quality practices, especially code formatting standards, as very nit-picky things to enforce. Somehow, these always seem to only apply to the practices that we don’t agree with though. It’s not nit-picky to require braces on a new line, but it is to require spaces instead of tabs. Why do we … Read more
And Hard to do the Wrong Thing With developers, you always need to make it dead simple to do the right thing. If the right way is the hard way, we will always take shortcuts and not do things the right way. At the same time, even if the right way is easy, but a … Read more