TDD with GitHub Copilot by Paul Sobocinski Will the advent of AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot mean that we won’t need tests? Will TDD become obsolete? To answer this, let’s examine two ways TDD helps software development: providing good feedback, and a means to “divide and conquer” when solving problems. TDD for good
Improvements in communications technology have led an increasing number of teams that work in a Remote-First style, a trend that was boosted by the forced isolation of Covid-19 pandemic. But a team that operates remotely still benefits from face-to-face gatherings, and should do them every few months. Remote-first teams have everyone in a separate location,
React has revolutionized the way we think about UI components and state management in UI. But with every new feature request or enhancement, a seemingly simple component can quickly evolve into a complex amalgamation of intertwined state and UI logic. Imagine building a simple dropdown list. Initially, it appears straightforward – you manage the open/close
It’s now been a year since The Muskover (Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter). Many wondered whether Twitter would still be around by now, or a technological or financial wreck. Technologically it’s still present, despite losing a lot of experienced engineers the site is still up and working, although there’s a sense of unreliability that brings
React has revolutionized the way we think about UI components and state management in UI. But with every new feature request or enhancement, a seemingly simple component can quickly evolve into a complex amalgamation of intertwined state and UI logic. Imagine building a simple dropdown list. Initially, it appears straightforward – you manage the open/close
When people ask me what I do, I tell them I work in tech and they frequently assume I’m a software engineer with a background in STEM. I correct their assumption, explaining that I’m a product manager and I don’t write code. I work together with developers, designers, and stakeholders who come from a variety
On the opening day of November, 2019, my inbox contained a message from one of our senior developers in India. He had observed developers struggling with core distributed systems concepts that they needed to understand, in order to work effectively with modern tools like Kafka, Cassandra, and Zookeeper. He had tried teaching the theory behind
TDD with GitHub Copilot by Paul Sobocinski Will the advent of AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot mean that we won’t need tests? Will TDD become obsolete? To answer this, let’s examine two ways TDD helps software development: providing good feedback, and a means to “divide and conquer” when solving problems. TDD for good
Regression bugs are newly appeared bugs in features of the software that have been around for a while. When hunting them, it usually valuable to figure out which change in the software caused them to appear. Looking at that change can give invaluable clues about where the bug is and how to squash it. There
Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a technique for building software that guides software development by writing tests. It was developed by Kent Beck in the late 1990’s as part of Extreme Programming. In essence we follow three simple steps repeatedly: Write a test for the next bit of functionality you want to add. Write the functional