Software Craftsmanship on Piotr Proszowski

Test Driven Development. Hot or not?

p.proszowski@gmail.com (Piotr Proszowski) — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 21:08:10 +0100

TL;DR

In this post I share some insights of what is my current understanding of Test Driven Development. Additionally, I review some materials I recently encountered on this matter.

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Test Driven Development and Pair Programming were practices that always attracted me. They seem to be pretty neglected in our industry (at least in places I had opportunity to work so far) but I see a lot of benefits coming from them. They are pretty young though (~20 years) - let’s remember, that it took 30 years to convince people about washing hands . So there is still some time left before they become really popular 😉

Few words about interviews

p.proszowski@gmail.com (Piotr Proszowski) — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 17:54:10 +0100

TL;DR

Interview is a great tool for companies and people looking for a job. It works not only as a form of exam, but it can deliver data to both sides if they will make a good deal or not. And even if they don’t make a deal - they can benefit a lot from gaining new perspectives and there is nothing they can loose - apart from time.

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When I was looking for the first intern/job as a Software Engineer I remember that I was really stressed out by this. What if they ask me how PostgreSQL works internally?! What if I don’t know what is the difference between equals and hashcode? What if I will miss something?