I think there are no technical teams that do not have a technical debt. Good teams have a limited amount planned for refactoring in the nearest future. Not-so-good teams may have a dept that will take a couple of years to get rid of. Let us see how to live with the second situation and turn it into the first one.
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Read MoreSoftware is built on top of programming interfaces. Every time an application has to contact any third party service (DB, mailing agent, API), it has to use a proper interface (and protocol) to do that. This article contains general thoughts on why interfaces are essential and how to use them properly.
Read MoreEvery developer who has ever participated in a startup knows that this is a challenge. Business, marketing, and technical specialists have to work together to achieve a goal and become a successful company. The following article describes several common technical issues that developers have to avoid at any cost.
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