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I felt very similar when I started working in Go last year. Coming even from languages like Typescript and Python which are most definitely _not_ functional but do have some of the…

Yep I’ve had this recently too. Three devs joined the team who had no experience in relational databases, didn’t even know what SQL was for. A few weeks later they told this story …

"The only good diff is a red diff"

Yes I agree. Bad engineering led them to not accepting the reality that technical debt is unavoidable. In a misguided attempt to avoid it, they overengineered ironically leading to…

From my recent experience in a new team, this article strikes a chord. Joining a team that is scared of technical debt and runs circles round themselves in a bid to avoid it end up…

I like your comparison to nutrition. To stretch the analogy slightly, sometimes in life you only have time for that microwave meal rather than a freshly prepared salad. It's about …

This is one of my favourite technical sites. It is very clear and to the point about its good use cases while being clear where an alternative would be a better choice. In a simila…

How mean spirited. This attempt at humour undermines Laravel's developer's efforts unneccessarily.

Also an ASL (in Scotland) and can confirm that it is incredibly rewarding helping to shape young people's approach to leadership and teamwork. It's very hard and can consume A LOT …

Great job on the project! I had this exact same idea about a week ago and put it on my Trello. Will definitely be taking a deep dive into your website for inspiration. Congratulati…

Luckily they also thought about that! You can replace both the religion and reference to the Queen with: "To uphold our Scout values, to do my duty to the country in which I am now…

What country did you have that experience in? I'm an atheist and a Scout leader in the UK. When writing my programme I always include a spiritual component to it but leave it non-r…

For the JQuery, it is more about separation of concerns and keeping a maintainable an clear codebase. If all of your JQuery is in one file and somehow a small change to one part br…