Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the NDepend blog. You can check out the original here, at their site. While you’e there, take a look at the other posts and download a trial of NDepend, if you’re so inclined. As a consultant, one of the more universal things that I’ve observed over the years…
Three weeks, three reader questions. I daresay that I’m on a roll. This week’s question asks about what I’ll refer to as “how to de-brilliant your code.” It was a response to this post, in which I offered the idea of a distinction between maintainable code and common code. The lead-in premise was that of…
Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the SmartBear blog. You can check out the original, here, at their site. While you’re there, take a look at their product offering and blog posts by their various authors. I’ve spent enough time walking the halls of large-ish to massive organizations to have formed some opinions…
Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the NDepend blog. Check out the original post here, at the site. While you’re there, check out NDepend — it’s my go-to tool for the codebase assessments that I do as part of my consulting practice. If you hang around agile circles long enough, you’re quite likely…
This week, I’m making it two in a row with a reader question. Today’s question is about an internal company framework and how to survive it. Well, it’s actually about how to work effectively with it, but the options there are sort of limited to “get in there and fix it yourself” and “other” when…
