https://www.brysgo.com/categories/development-philosophy/Recent content in Development Philosophy on BRYSGOHugoen-usTue, 21 Jun 2016 01:54:33 +0000https://www.brysgo.com/2016/06/21/crystallize-carfully/Tue, 21 Jun 2016 01:54:33 +0000https://www.brysgo.com/2016/06/21/crystallize-carfully/<p>For as long as I&rsquo;ve been a developer I have been reminded of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_three_(computer_programming)">rule of three for refactoring</a> and every time I hear it, I die a little inside.</p> <p>If building a new abstraction is so painful, that it is easier to copy and paste large chunks of code, you need to rethink the way you are building your abstractions. Building the right abstractions isn&rsquo;t just a time consuming distraction from building software, it <em>is</em> software engineering.</p>https://www.brysgo.com/2016/04/01/imaginary-lines/Fri, 01 Apr 2016 01:13:33 +0000https://www.brysgo.com/2016/04/01/imaginary-lines/<p>If I had to sum up the job of a software engineer in laymen&rsquo;s terms, I would tell you that we draw imaginary lines around imaginary concepts until those concepts can map to both a specific set of instructions for a machine and a common understanding for programmers.</p> <p>Why am I stating the obvious? Well, it is quite simply to emphasize just how important it is where we draw those lines.</p>