How to Make Git History Useful to Humans
Make sure you’re doing this consistently, because down the line it makes a big difference to somebody digging through git history.
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Fixing bad code quality habits on a team is hard. It is especially hard if you don’t have the organizational power to do it. But, keep these things in mind and you just might influence your team to ship better code.
Continue ReadingWhy Coding Without If-Statements Can Help Make Better Code
Coding without if-statements is one method for learning other ways to structure your code. That doesn’t mean never use if-statements. Being careful with conditional logic makes better code. Here’s why.
Continue ReadingChange the Lens: How to Perform Your Own Code Reviews
Review your own code first before sending it for peer reviews. Here’s how to change the lens through which you’re inspecting your code.
Continue ReadingHow To Avoid Making Giant Pull Requests
Robert Prehn shares why – and how – to chop your Pull Requests into manageable chunks.
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