Jeff_Dickey

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   by Jeff_Dickey 10y ago

   Agreed, but I'll just point out that works both ways. Devs "identify" with their default tool of choice, and too many coulda-been-GREAT tools try to be the Swiss Army Nuclear Ginsu Chainsaw of Code rather than the sweet hamme
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   by Jeff_Dickey 12y ago

   Two of my guiding principles for development are mottoes I heard repeatedly from emergency medicine professionals: 1. "Don't just do something, stand there!" Are you sure enough that the first "obvious" response i
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   by Jeff_Dickey 13y ago

   Difficulty of testing is a generally reliable indicator of a design that's in deep pain. [ Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests ]( http://www.growing-object-oriented-software.com ) is easily one of the two or thr
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   by Jeff_Dickey 13y ago

   I agree. The first app we wrote using CanCan, the `ability.rb` file (and the dozen files we factored out of that) grew to be... significant . I love the idea of Pundit because it decouples all that as much as seems practical. I'm ab
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   by Jeff_Dickey 13y ago

   I agree. I'd go so far as to call the non-"Classic" school the "OO Experienced" school — people who've had copious experience in SOLID OO development in Ruby and/or other languages, who are generally horri