- 10/18/2013
- 6 minute read
Code Smells – How to Find the Stench in Your Code, Issue Number 2
Code smells are hints that code is taking a potentially nasty turn. What are some common code smells that we should all be looking out for as we're coding?
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- 10/15/2013
- 3 minute read
Code Smells - How to Find the Stench in Your Code, Issue Number 1
Code smells are hints that code is taking a potentially nasty turn. What are some common code smells that we should all be looking out for as we're coding?
- 08/06/2013(Updated 07/13/2026)
- 4 minute read
Cookie Cutters For Projects
Weigh the tradeoffs between copying proven cookie cutter processes and building project workflows from scratch, with guidance on structuring teams and goals.
- 07/25/2013(Updated 07/13/2026)
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How and Why to Avoid Excessive Nesting
A practical look at why excessive nesting in code hurts readability and refactoring, with a contrived example showing how tangled conditionals get.