Archive - The Coder Cafe

Stepping Back to Move Forward

The Coder Cafe is taking a pause to reflect and refine.

Dec 23

#55: Weekly Recap — Unit Tests

A weekly recap of the unit tests theme.

Dec 20

#54: Code Coverage

When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.

Dec 19

#53: Avoiding Logic in Tests

A test shouldn't mirror the code logic it’s meant to validate.

Dec 18

TDD is a personal choice, not a measure of test quality.

Dec 17

#51: Test Behavior, Not Implementation

By focusing on behavior, our test remains the same, unaffected by changes to the underlying implementation.

Dec 16

#50: Weekly Recap — Cognitive Biases

A weekly recap of the cognitive bias theme.

Dec 13

#49: Survivor Bias

Survivor bias is the tendency to focus on entities that have successfully passed a selection process while neglecting those that didn’t.

Dec 12

#48: Streetlight Effect

Developers may focus on easily visible issues, such as syntax or styling, but miss more important problems, such as potential edge cases, logic issues…

Dec 11

#47: Confirmation Bias

Actively seek contradictory information: When we make an assumption, we should make a conscious effort to look for pieces of evidence that can challenge…

Dec 10

#46: Cognitive Biases

As software engineers, we must be aware of these cognitive biases and recognize that they can lead us to make incorrect decisions; understanding this…

Dec 9

#45: Weekly Recap — Algorithms and Data Structures

A weekly recap of the algorithms and data structures theme.

Dec 6

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