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AI Makes Code Cheap, But Engineering Judgment Expensive | HackerNoon

Fri, 15 May 2026 12:00:00 +0100

Code has never been cheaper to produce. Knowing what code to write has never been more expensive.

» hackernoon.com | hackernoon.com

Amazon recurre a ingenieros senior por problemas causados por cambios asistidos por IA generativa

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100

Blog sobre informática, tecnología y seguridad con manuales, tutoriales y documentación sobre herramientas y programas

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Koalite: Sobre velocidad y coste de desarrollo

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 04:47:19 +0100

Sobre velocidad y coste de desarrollo | Koalite

» blog.koalite.com | blog.koalite.com

KISS or Die: Why Senior Engineers Fail at Startups

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:48:00 +0100

How senior engineers fail at startups: free infrastructure traps, custom code maintenance, and comfort choices. Four mental models to ship fast, not perfectly.

» hackernoon.com | hackernoon.com

What AI is doing to developers

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:56:35 +0100

What AI is doing to developers - (not) my ideas

» notmyidea.org | notmyidea.org

Por esto NO eres el mejor en tu profesión

Sun, 21 Sep 2025 12:33:51 +0100

Te voy a contar algo que si solo un 0,01% de los 18.600 que recibís esta newsletter se lo aplica… este post número 2644… habrá valido la pena. Y además te lo voy a explicar con una de las anécdotas más GRANDES que he escuchado nunca. Te puedes imaginar que, después de haber…

» Javier Garzas | javiergarzas.com

How to Write Clean Code – Tips for Developers with Examples

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 07:19:31 +0100

Imagine a messy room with clothes, books, and other items scattered everywhere. Finding something in that room would be tough, right? Now, think about writing messy code – it’s just as confusing, if not more! On the other hand, clean code is like an …

» freeCodeCamp.org | freecodecamp.org

He pasado 4 años en ingeniería de software: esto es lo que de verdad he aprendido

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 15:51:21 +0100

La ingeniería de software es una disciplina en constante evolución, donde la experiencia diaria moldean las perspectivas de sus profesionales. Un hilo…

» marcos merino | genbeta.com

Managing Technical Debt

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 17:48:00 +0100

Breadcrumbs list

» 8th Light | 8thlight.com

Semantic Versioning is a terrible mistake

Sat, 30 Dec 2023 23:36:40 +0100

When I first heard about Semantic Versioning, or SemVer, I thought it was one of those ideas that’s so obviously right that we were all going to benefit from someone having just codified it a…

» The Reinvigorated Programmer | reprog.wordpress.com

Develop the right thing every time and become a 10x engineer 🏆: The art of writing RFCs 🥋

Sun, 10 Dec 2023 07:43:38 +0100

Imagine you’ve been tasked to implement a crucial new feature in the product you’re working on….

» DEV Community | dev.to

A better explanation of the Liskov Substitution Principle

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 15:01:00 +0100

Short version: If X inherits from Y, then X should pass all of Y’s black box tests. I first encountered this idea at SPLASH 2021. The longer explanation A bit of background In A Behavioral Notion of Subtyping Liskov originally defined subtyping in inherited objects as follows: …

» Hillel Wayne | hillelwayne.com

PyBites: When to refactor your code?

Sat, 12 Aug 2023 02:21:51 +0100

PyBites: When to refactor your code?

» pybit.es | pybit.es

Exploring Gen AI: When is in-line assistance useful?

Wed, 02 Aug 2023 12:28:18 +0100

Notes from my Thoughtworks colleagues on AI-assisted software delivery

» martinfowler.com | martinfowler.com

641 Stories To Learn About Software Engineering

Sat, 24 Jun 2023 11:10:00 +0100

Learn everything you need to know about Software Engineering via these 641 free HackerNoon stories.

» hackernoon.com | hackernoon.com

41 Stories To Learn About Test Driven Development

Fri, 23 Jun 2023 10:19:20 +0100

Learn everything you need to know about Test Driven Development via these 41 free HackerNoon stories.

» hackernoon.com | hackernoon.com

261 Stories To Learn About Software Development

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:55:12 +0100

Learn everything you need to know about Software Development via these 261 free HackerNoon stories.

» hackernoon.com | hackernoon.com

93 Stories To Learn About Software Engineer

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:55:10 +0100

Learn everything you need to know about Software Engineer via these 93 free HackerNoon stories.

» hackernoon.com | hackernoon.com

The Art of Code Review

Sun, 04 Jun 2023 16:19:15 +0100

As a developer, one of the most important skills is being able to write code that is clean,…

» DEV Community | dev.to

130 Stories To Learn About Low Code

Wed, 17 May 2023 09:14:35 +0100

Learn everything you need to know about Low Code via these 130 free HackerNoon stories.

» hackernoon.com | hackernoon.com

274 Stories To Learn About Code Quality

Sun, 16 Apr 2023 11:24:25 +0100

Learn everything you need to know about Code Quality via these 274 free HackerNoon stories.

» hackernoon.com | hackernoon.com

63 Stories To Learn About Code Review

Sun, 16 Apr 2023 10:17:57 +0100

Learn everything you need to know about Code Review via these 63 free HackerNoon stories.

» hackernoon.com | hackernoon.com

57 Stories To Learn About Agile Development

Sun, 19 Mar 2023 22:03:53 +0100

57 Stories To Learn About Agile Development

» hackernoon.com | hackernoon.com

Stop Teaching Ethics to Software Engineers

Sun, 12 Feb 2023 09:26:53 +0100

nomination

» hackernoon.com | hackernoon.com

Software Architecture Basics: From Developer to Software Architect

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 01:43:46 +0100

Journey from a Developer to an Architect Role by expanding the focus and understanding of Software Engineering and solving problems in a group.

» hackernoon.com | hackernoon.com

How to eliminate if-else chain, for long life software

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 16:54:49 +0100

Motivation All programing principles and paradigms aim to enhance code readability and…

» DEV Community | dev.to

Best Practices, Guidelines and Tools for Code Reviews

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 15:30:33 +0100

Code reviews are a type of software quality assurance activity that involves evaluations of code in order to identify bugs, improve code quality, and…

» hackernoon.com | hackernoon.com

Programming in the Apocalypse

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 11:01:46 +0100

It’s JSON all the way down

» matduggan.com | matduggan.com

What is "Code Refactoring"?

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 23:40:04 +0100

Recently I’ve been dealing with code refactoring in my workplace, and therefore I thought about…

» DEV Community | dev.to

Explaining SOLID with LEGO (and probably making enemies in the tech community)

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 00:17:24 +0100

Yeah… so, this time I’ll be doing something a little different. I believe I have a way to explain…

» DEV Community | dev.to

6 Habilidades Técnicas clave para crecer de Junior a Senior

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 23:10:06 +0100

La profesión de desarrollo de software es una profesión que constantemente tiene novedades, cada mes,…

» DEV Community | dev.to

How to Lead Your Team's Technical Debt Management

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 21:38:56 +0100

Delivery speed results in cost reduction; confidence enables speed; confidence requires quality.

» Leadership Garden | leadership.garden

SOLID Principals for OOP

Sat, 18 Sep 2021 15:17:32 +0100

If you learned something new feel free to connect with me on linkedin or follow me on dev.to :) I…

» DEV Community | dev.to

Design Patterns: Composite

Mon, 06 Sep 2021 10:53:47 +0100

Composite is one of the easier patterns in this series, but this does not mean it’s not popular. In…

» DEV Community | dev.to

The 12 Most Read Stories Published on HackerNoon in 2021 (So Far)

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 13:22:38 +0100

People always seem so surprised when they find out that anybody can submit a tech story for consideration to get published on HackerNoon.com. 🤷

» hackernoon.com | hackernoon.com

Introduction

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:38:32 +0100

First compiled by Robert C. Martin in 1990s, SOLID is a acronym that stands for: S: Single…

» DEV Community | dev.to

Dependency Inversion Principle

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:38:18 +0100

Dependency Inversion Principle (DIP for short) states: One should depend upon abstractions and…

» DEV Community | dev.to

Estrella del Norte… El aprendizaje ágil del día en 2 min. (fast & furious) (VÍDEO)

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 08:33:53 +0100

Comenzamos segunda semana, de esta la locura de verano, con la que empezáremos las mañanas de martes a viernes, no sabemos hasta cuando, y que he llamado ? El aprendizaje Ágil del día en 2 min (fast & furious) ?, Como siempre te digo, RECUERDA que, si quieres AYUDARME a hacer…

» Javier Garzas | javiergarzas.com

Clean Code Part 2: Functions

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 13:40:57 +0100

This is part 2 of the series of Clean Code By Robert C. Martin. If you haven’t gone through the part…

» DEV Community | dev.to

Design Patterns: Abstract Factory

Sun, 20 Jun 2021 11:06:16 +0100

Abstract Factory? For the longest time, this pattern was very confusing to me. But through blood,…

» DEV Community | dev.to

SOLID: Interface Segregation Principle

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 18:15:32 +0100

This principle was developed by Robert C. Martin while working at Xerox as a consultant. Martin was…

» DEV Community | dev.to

SOLID: Liskov Substitution Principle

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 08:15:56 +0100

This is a continuation of the SOLID principles series. The Liskov substitution principle is the most…

» DEV Community | dev.to

What is a Software Post-Mortem and How Do You Write One?

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 11:24:35 +0100

Every company has their own name for the highest priority bugs. Priority one, emergencies, critical fixes or urgent fixes. There are software bugs that can end up crippling companies if they aren’t dealt with rapidly. The Knight Capitol Group was an …

» freeCodeCamp.org | freecodecamp.org

10 Must-Read Books for Software Engineers

Sun, 29 Nov 2020 23:05:40 +0100

Besides all the great offerings of the modern world — podcasts, videos, blogs, etc. — reading a good…

» DEV Community | dev.to

Anti-patterns You Should Avoid in Your Code

Wed, 25 Nov 2020 23:44:20 +0100

Every developer wants to write structured, simply planned, and nicely commented code. There are even a myriad of design patterns that give us clear rules to follow, and a framework to keep in mind. But we can still find anti-patterns in software that…

» freeCodeCamp.org | freecodecamp.org

200+ Software Engineers Taught Me The Best Way To Manage Technical Debt

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:09:21 +0100

Over the last six months, I’ve learned how the best software engineers and leaders manage technical debt. I’ve interviewed more than 200 experts, to understand how tech debt is handled at growing software companies.

» hackernoon.com | hackernoon.com

How Data-Driven Agile Helps Deliver Better Software Faster

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 12:56:01 +0100

Agile Data-Driven whitepaper Waydev

» Waydev | waydev.co

5 Essential Software Architecture Design Principles

Sun, 01 Nov 2020 10:38:10 +0100

This post will talk about popular design principles used in the software architecture world. Architecture is about the decisions you wish you could get right early in a product or project lifecycle.

» hackernoon.com | hackernoon.com

The five SOLID priciples and why you should use them in your codebase

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 21:16:55 +0100

SOLID outlines a group of guidelines that developers can use to simplify and clarify their code. Whil…

» DEV Community | dev.to

S.O.L.I.D. Software Design Principles To Help You Become A Better Developer

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 16:31:33 +0100

S.O.L.I.D. Software Design Principles To Help You Become A Better Developer

» hackernoon.com | hackernoon.com

What is the difference between a junior and a senior software developer? 15 things I wish I had known sooner

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:08:31 +0100

This article was originally published in my blog www.yourdevopsguy.com. What is the differe…

» DEV Community | dev.to

Software Development Best Practices

Sun, 06 Sep 2020 09:50:44 +0100

A list of software development best practices

» DEV Community | dev.to

You dont believe in clean code

Mon, 06 Jul 2020 22:55:09 +0100

What has clean code ever done for us?

» DEV Community | dev.to

Branching Patterns: Reviewed Commits

Mon, 04 May 2020 13:25:25 +0100

Mainline, Feature Branching, Continuous Integration, Release Branch and a clutch of other handy patterns.

» martinfowler.com | martinfowler.com

Five Big Myths Surrounding Technical Debt

Mon, 09 Mar 2020 07:22:24 +0100

In a software company, people often talk about tech debt, usually blaming it for something bad that is happening, such as

» hackernoon.com | hackernoon.com

Cómo detectar una mala empresa en una entrevista de trabajo

Sat, 29 Feb 2020 15:55:59 +0100

7 preguntas que debes hacer a tu entrevistador para descartar tú a la empresa en una entrevista de trabajo.

» 26 de feb. de 2020 | geekytheory.com

The Best Whiteboard Interview Advice I Ever Received

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 00:56:25 +0100

Whiteboard-style interviews are ubiquitous in the tech industry. For those who not had the pleasure, whiteboard interviewing is the practice of asking candidates to solve technical questions on a whiteboard, piece of paper, or computer during the interview. This kind of…

» hackernoon.com | hackernoon.com

10 OOP Design Principles Every Programmer Should Know

Mon, 06 May 2019 09:56:00 +0100

The Object-Oriented Design Principles are the core of OOP programming, but I have seen most of the Java programmers chasing design patterns like Singleton pattern, Decorator pattern, or Observer pattern, and not putting enough attention on learning Object-oriented analysis and design. It’s important to learn the basics of Object-oriented programming like Abstraction, Encapsulation, Polymorphism and Inheritance. But, at the same time, it’s equally important to know object-oriented design principles.

» Hacker Noon | hackernoon.com

10 practices for readable code

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 19:59:00 +0100

I’ve been writing code for 20 years. During that time I’ve worked with 17 teams coding different languages to build hundreds of projects. These include everything from a simple blog site, to APIs supporting 3,000 requests/second, to top selling apps. From these experiences, combined with the books I’ve read, it’s become apparent to me what matters most in code: readability.

» Jason McCreary | jason.pureconcepts.net

10 Lessons from 10 Years of AWS (part 1)

Wed, 10 Jan 2018 20:32:00 +0100

I recently presented a talk at the AWS Community Day in Bangalore. The tweet following the talk became my most popular tweet ever and I received quite a few requests for more details. For the last 10 years, I have had the chance to work in companies that embraced the cloud, and in particular AWS. This two-part blog post is an attempt to share that experience with you. Hope you enjoy!

The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code

Tue, 31 May 2016 07:49:00 +0100

Have you ever heard of SEMA? It’s a fairly esoteric system for measuring how good a software team is. No, wait! Don’t follow that link! It will take you about six years just to understand that stuff. So I’ve come up with my own, highly irresponsible, sloppy test to rate the quality of a software team. The great part about it is that it takes about 3 minutes. With all the time you save, you can go to medical school.

Lo que sucede cuando un software se convierte en un agujero negro

Sat, 07 Nov 2015 13:35:00 +0100

Fue a Bjarne Stroustrup a quién le leí que “un sistema grande y complejo que no ha evolucionado a partir de otro más simple que funcionaba bien, no funciona y, además, es imposible arreglarlo para que funcione” (creo que esto es del libro The Design and Evolution of C++ publicado en 1994). Tal hipótesis se comprobó empíricamente muchas veces en el siglo XX y es por eso que se cambió el foco a proyectos ágiles.

9 truths that computer programmers know that most people don’t.

Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:59:00 +0100

Ever wondered why programmers are known as nightbirds? Why we stay up all night? Because it allows us to get into the zone, it allows us to focus on one thing and not have to worry about being interupted by someone - because they are all asleep. It’s a long stretch of the day where no one is up and no one is calling or trying to talk to us. It’s a great time to program, and think.

The Exceptional Beauty of Doom 3’s Source Code

Sun, 08 Feb 2015 19:25:00 +0100

What would ”nice looking”—or ”beautiful”, for that matter—actually mean when referring to source code? I asked some programmer friends what they thought that meant. Their answers were obvious, but still worth stating:

Code should be locally coherent and single-functioned: One function should do exactly one thing. It should be clear about what it’s doing.

Local code should explain, or at least hint at the overall system design.

Code should be self-documenting. Comments should be avoided whenever possible. Comments duplicate work when both writing and reading code. If you need to comment something to make it understandable it should probably be rewritten.

» Shawn McGrath | kotaku.com

No debes despreciar aquello que más necesitas

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:07:00 +0100

En mi opinión el origen de todos los males que afectan a la profesión del desarrollo de software (no me meto en otras cosas), o mejor dicho del programador (evito eufemismos tipo ”arquitecto”, ”ingeniero software”, ”desarrollador” o similares) es el desprecio a programar, el desprecio de la labor del programador frente a otros tipos de tareas.

» Jose María Arranz | saveinformaticos.reeelab.com

El camino a un mejor programador

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 01:08:00 +0100

;`El camino a un mejor programador;’ es un libro que recopila artículos sobre ingeniería informática escritos por Esteban Manchado Velázquez, Joaquín Caraballo Moreno y Yeray Darias Camacho.

La mayoría de los artículos tratan sobre pruebas automáticas de una manera u otra, pero el tema común es mejorar como profesional de la informática.

» emanchado.github.com

The Humble Programmer

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:07:00 +0100

As a result of a long sequence of coincidences I entered the programming profession officially on the first spring morning of 1952 and as far as I have been able to trace, I was the first Dutchman to do so in my country. In retrospect the most amazing thing was the slowness with which, at least in my part of the world, the programming profession emerged, a slowness which is now hard to believe. But I am grateful for two vivid recollections from that period that establish that slowness beyond any doubt.

After having programmed for some three years, I had a discussion with A. van Wijngaarden, who was then my boss at the Mathematical Centre in Amsterdam, a discussion for which I shall remain grateful to him as long as I live. The point was that I was supposed to study theoretical physics at the University of Leiden simultaneously, and as I found the two activities harder and harder to combine, I had to make up my mind, either to stop programming and become a real, respectable theoretical physicist, or to carry my study of physics to a formal completion only, with a minimum of effort, and to become….., yes what? A programmer? But was that a respectable profession? For after all, what was programming? Where was the sound body of knowledge that could support it as an intellectually respectable discipline? I remember quite vividly how I envied my hardware colleagues, who, when asked about their professional competence, could at least point out that they knew everything about vacuum tubes, amplifiers and the rest, whereas I felt that, when faced with that question, I would stand empty-handed. Full of misgivings I knocked on van Wijngaarden’s office door, asking him whether I could ”speak to him for a moment”; when I left his office a number of hours later, I was another person. For after having listened to my problems patiently, he agreed that up till that moment there was not much of a programming discipline, but then he went on to explain quietly that automatic computers were here to stay, that we were just at the beginning and could not I be one of the persons called to make programming a respectable discipline in the years to come? This was a turning point in my life and I completed my study of physics formally as quickly as I could. One moral of the above story is, of course, that we must be very careful when we give advice to younger people; sometimes they follow it!

El Top 7 de dilemas que enfrentan los desarrolladores de hoy

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:40:00 +0100

Tu jefe lo quiere para ayer, pero más vale que cumpla con los standards de mañana. Los clientes quieren todas las características que se puedan imaginar, pero no te atrevas a confundirlos dándoles todos los botones que desee. Tus compañeros programadores quieren que documentes tu código, pero ellos simplemente responden ”tl;dr” (Too Long; didn’t read) a cualquier cosa que escribes.

Así como la tecnología evoluciona, también lo hacen los dilemas que enfrentan los desarrolladores. Cada elección, desde la plataforma hasta el almacenamiento de datos, incluyendo a cuánto control darle a los usuarios, está cargada de preguntas. Y gracias a la nube, el crecimiento de la tecnología móvil y la acelerada vanguardia, pareciera como si el mundo de la programación enfrentara una nueva elección – y dilema – a un ritmo creciente.

Deuda técnica

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:12:00 +0100

¿Qué desarrollador de software nunca ha estado una semana programando a toda velocidad, casi sin saber que hace, ya que la fecha de entrega está cerca y todo tiene que estar terminado ”para ayer”? ¿Quién no se ha encontrado en la situación de saber que está programando una chapuza, pensando que otro día lo mejorará, y ese día nunca llega? ¿Quién alguna vez, al ver una porción de código fuente no ha exclamado indignado: ¡qué narices hace este código! o ¡quién leches lo ha programado!?

A todo este código lo solemos calificar como chapuzas, apaños, ñapas, mierdecillas¦ Su problema es que, por lo general, se va extendiendo de forma exponencial y acumulándose a lo largo del desarrollo de un proyecto. Y en consecuencia tenemos como resultado un código fuente que es muy difícil de mantener, extender y reutilizar; y un aplicativo que funcionalmente tiene problemas.