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  1. Mar 2024
    1. Thinking about how you will observe whether things are working correctly or not ahead of time can also have a big impact on the quality of the code you write.

      YES. This feel similar to the way that TDD can also improve the code that you write, but with a broader/more comprehensive outlook.

  2. Feb 2021
  3. Oct 2020
    1. The false promise of your source code repository is that everything it contains is “good.” To complete your task, just find something that does something similar, copy, modify, and you’re done. Looking inside the same repository seems like a safety mechanism for quality but, in fact, there is no such guarantee.
    2. What makes it good or bad is the quality of the code being multiplied.
    3. Anyone who’s ever worked with me knows that I place a very high value on what ends up checked-in to a source code repository.