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Maintainable Code

Writing code that is easy to understand and well documented so it is easy to maintain.

The Problem of State

State is a hard problem to deal with. I say functional languages make it easier to handle because they force you to deal with it deliberately rather than have it happen accidentally.

A simple language spec isn't a feature when you're building applications

Go famously has a small, simple language spec. That isn't always a good thing.

Things Most Interviewees Fail to Discover

Interviews aren't only for potential future companies and teams to find out about you, you should also use them as an opportunity to find out about them. Here are some things to try and learn.

Rails isn't for beginners

In which I attempt to declare that Rails was never meant to just be a beginner'ss introduction to web programming.