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Understanding design principles is essential - especially if you plan on breaking them. Getting pinned in a code review is never fun, but if you can clearly explain your reasoning then breaking the rules is fun!

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👼🏼 Divine Code Reviews
Software Design

👼🏼 Divine Code Reviews

Reviewing someone else's code can be frustrating, but also a learning experience for everyone. Let's see how Stephen King might help us.

· Rob Conery

The Subtle Arts of Logging and Testing
Software Design

The Subtle Arts of Logging and Testing

I'm a big fan of testing, but I get lazy sometimes and it ends up costing me money, directly.

· Rob Conery

🤖 Does Functional Programming Matter To You?
Software Design

🤖 Does Functional Programming Matter To You?

Learning Elixir changed me as a programmer, and learning functional concepts changed the way I think about writing software. How about you? Is functional proogramming a useful thing to learn?

· Rob Conery

Repositories and Unit of Work Don't Mix
Databases

Repositories and Unit of Work Don't Mix

There is a trend in the .NET space of trying to abstract EF behind a Repository. This is a fundamentally bad idea and hopefully I'll explain why.

· Rob Conery