As we hopefully all agree good logging is a great asset. Yet I come across aweful styles of logging (and sometimes produce them myself). So I guess it is time for a small Antipattern collection. No Logging at All Exception Handler without any code are an obvious example of this, but reading a configuration file [...]
In the team I currently work with, we came to the conclusion, that the software contains to many bugs when we think it is finished. Since we don’t have a dedicated tester on the team (I know that is a mistake) we decide to invent the role of “Tester of the Week”. Every week one [...]
One of the first things I learned when going to a creative writing class was: Get a sketchpad; Have it with you where ever you go; Use it. Artists are known to do this. Some of these sketch pads are even considered art. Yet I see lots of software developer who don’t seem to have [...]
