The Six Percent
8bitconcepts Research
The small fraction of organizations getting real value from AI — and what they do differently.
best-practices
Handle Errors Once
adragon
Today at $work, an interesting quirk of humans and error handling came up. The code I was asked to review included something like try: some_operation() except Exception as e: log.exception("Oh noes!") raise SomeOtherException() from e Which on the surface makes sense. We try to do a...
Does Git History Really Influence Software Quality?
Emanuele Minotto’s Blog
When we talk about software quality, we usually think about automated tests, architecture, code reviews, or reliability metrics. Much more rarely do we think about Git history. And yet it is one of the most underestimated assets of a project. Git history is not just a record of what changed in...
JavaScript Effects: Knowing "when" is more important than "how"
John Kary
You have undoubtedly seen many tutorial sites showing off how to implement the newest whiz-bang features of modern JavaScript libraries. While most of these sites do an adequate job of showing users "how to" implement features, they almost always neglect teaching when to use these techniques, and...
I May Be Doing it Wrong, But I Have My Sanity
John Kary
Marco Tabini recently wrote on the php|architect blog that "programmers are doing it wrong." He argues that many programmers have become hung up on writing mythical perfect code that abides by all modern best practices instead of doing what we are hired to do: solve problems quickly and...