Thoughts on Software and Technology
The different levels of testing are well known: A bug found by the customer is extremely expensive, a bug found in acceptance testing somewhat less. At the end of the chain, usually, unit tests are listed as the quickest and cheapest mechanism to catch quality problems early. I would argue that this hierarchy still lacks... Continue Reading →
If we had to write a list of typical skills we expect of Software Engineers, “writing clean code” would probably be on it. However, the trouble with clean code is that it is hardly an objective measure. I don't think I've ever worked in a team where everyone had the same understanding of what it... Continue Reading →
Famously, there is no really good way to measure code quality. Tales are being told of shops that lift metrics like code coverage to the status of a sacred yardstick that business decisions can be based on and the absurd consequences of such practices. The best real quality metrics that I have found so far... Continue Reading →
The Solution Space 