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Code by Mario
For clarity and maintainability, functions should return the modified object. To avoid side effects and ensure predictability, consider immutability or creating new copies. Relying on side effects may work in simple cases but can lead to errors.
https://bagvalueobjects.com/
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10/12/2024
Code by Mario
In tech, not knowing certain things but being good at finding them is a well-established standard. Interviews should focus on professionalism and, above all, 'ganas'. Ganas can't be faked with AI.
https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/how-genai-changes-tech-hiring
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03/12/2024
Fortune Cookie
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15/10/2024
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09/09/2024
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28/08/2024
Fortune Cookie
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17/07/2024
Fortune Cookie
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25/06/2024
Fortune Cookie
We admire frameworks until their abstractions start to get in the way.
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02/06/2024
Fortune Cookie
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30/05/2024
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Feedback loops are amazing until you realize they mostly loop back to you doing more work.
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26/04/2024
Fortune Cookie
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03/04/2024
Code Bit
The most complex bugs feel rewarding to fix, but they also make you question every life choice that led you to that moment.
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05/03/2024
Fortune Cookie
Version control workflows can seem universal until you work with a team that operates entirely differently.
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01/03/2024
Fortune Cookie
There are design principles so ingrained that challenging them feels like heresy.
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01/02/2024
Fortune Cookie
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23/01/2024
Fortune Cookie
An elegant algorithm can make you forget that clarity is often more valuable than cleverness.
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07/01/2024
Fortune Cookie
The best practices we cling to were once experiments, not eternal truths.
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01/01/2024
Fortune Cookie
Some solutions feel inevitable until you meet someone who solves the same problem a different way.
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01/12/2023
Code Bit
Reading self-help books feels empowering until you realize you’ve spent more time reading about habits than building any.
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30/11/2023
Code by Mario
I overoptimized a function to save milliseconds, only to learn it was called once a week. Lesson? Know what actually matters, sometimes "fast enough" is already perfect.
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04/09/2023
Code by Mario
We once solved a complex bug and celebrated, only for a customer to find it again a week later. Turns out, we fixed the symptom, not the cause. Lesson? Band-aids work short-term, but root causes need surgery.
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30/08/2023
Code by Mario
More often than not, I’m the one struggling to understand the code I wrote just a few months ago. There’s nothing more humbling than being schooled by your own past self.
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23/08/2023
Code Bit
Nothing brings a team together like realizing you’ve all been misunderstanding the same requirement for two weeks.
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17/07/2023
Fortune Cookie
Root cause analysis feels exhaustive until you remember it's only as good as the questions you ask.
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16/06/2023
Code Bit
Feature flags are like duct tape: incredibly handy until you realize you’ve covered the entire car in it.
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13/06/2023
Code by Mario
A senior dev once said, "Write code as if you're explaining it to someone who's tired, in a rush, and annoyed. Because someday, that will be you." Lesson? Clear, simple code saves lives (or at least sanity).
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04/05/2023
Code by Mario
During a sprint, we rushed to finish everything. The result? Features shipped half-baked and bugs rolled in. Lesson? Finishing less but doing it well often beats delivering a lot and spending weeks cleaning up.
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16/03/2023
Code Bit
Agile seems brilliant until your standups start feeling like 'Groundhog Day' with less Bill Murray and more Jira tickets.
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15/02/2023