Archive - Accidental Simplicity

Feature Partner

You want a Code Review, or maybe you use Pull Requests, but you don't Pair Program, or maybe you do, but you want an external perspective. How do you…

Sep 3 •

Pull Request processes can slow down a team. But using a PR as a tool, with the right process can improve Remote Collaboration and Flow,

Sep 2 •

August 2024

A Code Review Pattern

I've had a change to spend some time updating the codeline patterns. Having someone give feedback on your code can be useful --sometimes. If the…

Aug 30 •

Review: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe

An ambitious attempt to make essential equations understandable to the rest of us.

Aug 29 •

Main Line - Updated

Getting working code integrated working isn't always a matter of just doing it. The Main Line Pattern describes why getting code to Main Line rapidly is…

Aug 29 •

Task Branch- Updated

An update to an earlier post based about using branches to manage work on an agile team. A Task Branch helps keep an active Main Line.

Aug 28 •

July 2024

Learning by Problem Solving

Building something that solves a problem is often more useful and compelling than simply reading about a tool and working through tutorials.

Jul 8 •

Go-Style Table Tests in Java

Go Table Tests are a concise way to of representing unit test cases. This is a short post describing one way of emulating them.

Jul 1 •

June 2024

Slow Productivity

A review of the book Slow Productivity by Cal Newport

Jun 24 •

Review of The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery

Adam Gopnik's book is inspiring, but changes gears midstream

Jun 5 •

May 2024

Small Development Task

Planning and Design are an essential element of Agile Codelines

May 30 •

A Pattern for using PRs in a way that helps, rather than hurts integration

May 22 •

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