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jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for sharing. I've added it to the list of references in jhumelsine.github.io/2025/03/24/l...

Working Effectively with Legacy Code

… with all due respect to Michael Feathers in stealing his book title and a lot of his ideas for this blog

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jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · 2d

I reference the song "Que Sera, Sera" when it comes to YAGNI. "Whatever will be, will be. The future's not ours to see."

While we can't predict the future, it is coming.

Therefore, we should design so that we're flexible enough to accommodate whatever will be coming.

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jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · 15d

"now" or "not". Unfortunately, both sort of work these days.

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jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks for the conversation with Dan and your BDD reference. I've added them both of them to the references section of my BDD blog entry.

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Be On Your Best Behavior

Test-Driven Development - How to create tests; Behavior-Driven Development - What tests to create

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jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · 22d

Aren't many original COBOL programmers retired or dead?

jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · 22d

Developers should be responsible for the code the produce.

However, responsibility is more than just the developers. It also applies to PMs, domain experts, managers, executives, etc.

If you produce a substandard artifact, you should feel the pain.

jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · 25d

BDD tests specify behavior for the Software Under Test (SUT), whose implementation is challenged and confirmed each time the tests are executed.

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Be On Your Best Behavior

Test-Driven Development - How to create tests; Behavior-Driven Development - What tests to create

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jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · 26d

When they said that AI would create new jobs, this isn't exactly what I thought they had in mind.

jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · Sep 4

Oh geez. I completely forgot about Agile Manifesto for your original list too!

jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · Sep 4

Absolutely. That's why I added this in the second paragraph: "The good ones learn and take ownership of their growth ..."

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jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · Sep 4

Sorry if it's too long, but I always liked it:

If it’s your decision, it’s design; if not, it’s a requirement.

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jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · Sep 4

I don't think it's about titles. It's about knowledge and wisdom, which are often only acquired via the experiences of previous unwise decisions.

We all start as coders. The good ones learn and take ownership of their growth to become engineers.

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jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · Sep 3

My most recent blog entry - What Is an Object? - Clarifying Class, Object, Instance, and Their Real-World Meaning

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What Is an Object?

Clarifying Class, Object, Instance, and Their Real-World Meaning

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jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · Aug 28

I as well. Those power-of-2 birthdays aren't coming as frequently as the used to.

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jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · Aug 28

My most recent blog entry - The Director - More Than Builder’s Sidekick - Should Builder’s Director have been its own design pattern?

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The Director - More Than Builder’s Sidekick

Should Builder’s Director have been its own design pattern?

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jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · Aug 20

My most recent blog entry - Builder Design Pattern Completed - Continuing from the previous blog to the complete Gang of Four Builder design

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Builder Design Pattern Completed

Progressing toward the Gang of Four’s complete Builder design

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jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · Aug 13

My most recent blog entry - Builder Design Pattern - Basic Implementation - From Constructor to Basic Builder

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Builder Design Pattern - Basic Implementation

From Constructor to Basic Builder

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jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · Aug 8

My most recent blog entry - Builder Design Pattern Introduction - Building complex objects one element at a time step-by-step until complete

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Builder Design Pattern Introduction

Building complex objects one element at a time step-by-step until complete

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jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · Aug 8

I'm not convinced that it's going to be in slow-motion.

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jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · Aug 4

My personal opinion only ...

Modularity is the most important aspect regardless. Whether the system is deployed via a monolith or microservice is a decision that's based upon scalability and hopefully the system's modularity will support either option when needed.

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jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · Aug 3

I'm surprised Trump didn't cross out the official numbers with a Sharpie and put in his own.

There's precedence:

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jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · Jul 30

My most recent blog entry - Abstract Factory Design Pattern Without the Confusion - Building Smart, Swappable Systems One Layer at a Time

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Abstract Factory Design Pattern Without the Confusion

Building Smart, Swappable Systems One Layer at a Time

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jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · Jul 23

This sounds even worse that Vibe Coding being like making a wish with a Genie or the Monkey's Paw.

At least in the wish scenario, you are granted what you asked for, even if it wasn't what you really wanted.

This case seems like willful disobedience followed by multiple Mea Culpas (Meae Culpae?)

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jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · Jul 18

My most recent blog entry - An Introduction to Creational Design Patterns - Different mechanisms to create objects without calling new directly

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An Introduction to Creational Design Patterns

Different mechanisms to create objects without calling new directly

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jhumelsine.bsky.social @jhumelsine.bsky.social · Jul 14

My most recent blog entry - Consumer-Driven Contract Testing - Giving the consumer exactly what they asked for

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Consumer-Driven Contract Testing

Giving the consumer exactly what they asked for

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