Naive Implementation: The Art of Artless Programming

A naive implementation is a programming technique that prioritizes imperfect shortcuts for the sake of speed, simplicity, or lack of knowledge. ...

June 23, 2022 · Jake Worth

First Get It Working, Then Make it Look Good

I recently completed a winter survival course where we built shelters in just ten minutes with only the contents of our packs. The pack I brought was nearly empty, so I made a tent out of my parka. It was ugly, but it could have saved my life. How does this apply to software? When building a feature, first get it working, then make it look good. ...

April 13, 2022 · Jake Worth

How I Make Sure I Understand a Feature Before Building

I think the most important factor in consistent delivery is understanding the work. When you understand the work, you build what the stakeholder wants, better and faster. ...

March 2, 2022 · Jake Worth

Why I Don't Point Agile Bug Tickets

When I create Agile bug tickets, I leave the story points blank. Why? Two reasons: pointing bugs creates the wrong incentives, and bugs are hard to estimate. ...

February 7, 2022 · Jake Worth

My Development Roadmap

I’ve been working on a development roadmap for my projects, and wanted to share my process. Consider this my recipe to turn an idea into software. ...

October 20, 2020 · Jake Worth

Don't Build Every Feature

There’s a detail about Today I Learned some might find unusual: we never added a way to delete posts from the site. Why ignore a basic CRUD feature? We didn’t ignore it. It was intentionally omitted. ...

June 19, 2017 · Jake Worth

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