What statements about #TechnicalDebt have you come across? In our blog post, we discuss three we’ve heard most often lately. #SoftwareArchitecture sparkteams.de/en/article/tec…

What do Cologne Cathedral and software development have in common? When it comes to lengthy renovations, quite a bit. Check out our latest blog post on a mindset for long-living software systems: sparkteams.de/en/article/lon… #SustainableSoftware

"Reducing #TechnicalDebt is like rowing against the current; if you stop, you will drift and eventually drown." - why technical debt is not a purely technical problem: sparkteams.de/en/article/pri…

How true: “A senior developer isn’t someone who knows every aspect of the tech. It is a person who will help our company build a great product, even if this requires them to cross a border of their comfort zone. Solutions over problems.” — Jakub Górowski betterprogramming.pub/4-mistakes-i-m…

It's time for a thread on why Twitter hasn't gone down yet 🧵

I do not do Scrum, so I have no need to estimate an increment/Sprint. I just work on the most valuable single story next. I pull that story, narrow it down to a set of <= 2-day stories, pick the most valuable (of the most valuable 😄), and build that. 1/3

Tech companies use different names for the same position. Which one do you prefer?

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Nobody fights Conway's Law and wins.

I refuse to believe *any* engineer who has to work with date and time even tangentially would support keeping daylight savings time

A big thank you to SomosDesarrolladores for hosting #JavaDeveloperDay. It was a pleasure to discuss how we've improved our testing processes at Chrono24. You can find my slides here: slideshare.net/JensHappe/jens…

Missed #JavaDeveloperDay? No worries. You can catch my presentation on 'Write tests you love, not hate' on YouTube now: youtube.com/live/2SELColpe… Big thanks to WeAreDevelopers and Chrono24 !

The #Java Developer #LIVE Day recording is out! We got amazing talks from Jonathan Vila 🥑 ☕️ -🇪🇺🇪🇸🇵🇷 Jens Happe @David_Vlijmincx , @ Iris Hunkeler and kamila code. Rewatch it here wearedevelopers.com/event/java-dev… And remember that the "watch" section on our website features this and more recordings!

Do you hate writing and maintaining tests? It doesn't have to be this way. Next tuesday, at #Accento2023, Jens Happe will talk about how to make it more fun by using contra-variant tests – like it's done at @Chrono24. More info: 2023.accento.dev/talks/love-tes…

Testing neu gedacht: "Write tests you lave, not hate" am 27.03. ab 18:30 remote bei der JUGF (bit.ly/love-not-hate-……)

Let's face it: For many developers, writing tests is more of a chore than a joy. But what if it didn't have to be? In this series, we dive into the common frustrations with unit testing and introduce an alternative approach we've embraced at Chrono24. We'll show you how to

Writing tests is often not the most enjoyable task for developers. In this post, we delve into the challenges of testing and take the first step toward addressing them: mastering the basics. whattt.substack.com/p/write-tests-…

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Diving deep into the Fragile Test Problem: Ever tweaked your code slightly only to spend days fixing the tests? Understand why your tests are breaking and how to tackle this issue effectively. #Testing #SoftwareEngineering 👉 Learn more: Write Tests You Love, Not Hate #5