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4 meta principles for software engineering
A brief review and analysis of maxims and manifestos made by software makers
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Robert Roskam
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Tests improve your future code
Using a FizzBuzz React Component as an example
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Robert Roskam

September 2023

Why writing is an engineering superpower
And not just any writing, public writing
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Robert Roskam
Ways to say no
A simple framework to manage up
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Robert Roskam
100% test coverage is not enough
In Praise of Property-Based Testing
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Robert Roskam
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August 2023

Text is the universal interface
How we've forgotten this to be true
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Robert Roskam
Why Skill Acquisition is Hard
And why knowledge and motivation are NOT enough
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Robert Roskam
Why would you want GraphQL
Or how frontend engineers tricked backend engineers into doing more work 😅
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Robert Roskam
Why You Should Upgrade Laptops Regularly
3 Reasons for How it Effectives Your Productivity
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Robert Roskam

July 2023

Why that AI tool didn't 10x your work
"Look Ma! No Thought!"
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Robert Roskam
Software should do one thing well
Avoid the Land of Feature Creep where the Tech Debt Lies
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Robert Roskam
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Why the Second System Effect traps so many
Little by little we make too much.
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Robert Roskam
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