Untangled Development

  • Gemfinder Q4 2021; What is Software Engineering?

    Articles I’ve encountered in Q4 2021 that struck a chord. Very late, I know! Tried to organise them in these sections; Software Engineering, Databases, Python & Django and Ops

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  • Gemfinder Q3 2021; AI is eating the world. Or is it?

    Articles I’ve read in Q3 2021. And why they struck a chord with me. Tried to organise them in these sections; Data engineering and “AI”, Devops, Software Engineering, Writing Docs and Miscellaneous

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  • A minimal Django testing style guide

    You started on an MVP. Usage is increasing. The occasional bug. More users. Suddenly this MVP is not an MVP anymore. A core business process depends on this system your team is maintaining. You ship a user-reported bug fix. Users report another two. Sounds familiar? Since it was an MVP, you paid little attention to writing automated tests. What is the current codebase’s test coverage? Wait. Do you even measure it?

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  • The reduced working hours experiment

    Background

    Due to covid there was no real reason to take vacation in the first half of 2021. Other than to have …

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