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A commit message that says "fixed bug" is worse than no message at all — it creates false confidence that the history is documented while giving future developers nothing to work with.
Read moreMost developers write tests to confirm their code does what they just wrote it to do. That is the wrong goal entirely — and it explains why test suites so often fail the team the moment something actually goes wrong.
Read moreBranching strategies that work at small team sizes create coordination problems at larger ones — and the transition point is usually crossed before anyone notices, leaving the team with a workflow that serves nobody.
Read moreMessage queues and event streams are often discussed interchangeably, but they have different semantics, different use cases, and different operational characteristics. Choosing the wrong one creates problems that are hard to fix.
Read moreMock, stub, and fake are used interchangeably in most codebases, but they describe different things with different tradeoffs. Knowing which to reach for — and when — determines whether your test doubles make tests clearer or more confusing.
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