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Your Code is My Hell
It occurred to me recently that my experience as a Rails developer may be somewhat unique. I often get brought in to help preexisting Ruby/Rails projects evolve and mature in a sustainable way. As a result, the vast majority of … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, design, legacy, maintenance, patterns, ruby. rails
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Writing Facades on Legacy Code
h2. The Setup Let’s say we have a system in production which manages college financial aid departments. Over the years it has accumulated a fairly complex object model for handling the many kinds of forms a financial aid department has … Continue reading
Doctor, it hurts when you say that
bq. In your response, for instance, you say “I prefer thinking before writing code.” Well, so do I, but the fact of the matter is some people don’t and some people make mistakes based on inexperience or ignorance even when … Continue reading
