#Refactoring

Writing on improving existing code safely, especially when certainty is low.

July 17, 202512 min read

From Idea to Launch in 2 Weeks

Everyone’s been talking about LLMs. I didn’t want to be too late to the party. When everyone’s talking about doomsdays scenarios, I just wanted to see for myself. As an engineer...

February 13, 20226 min read

Addressing Technical Debt

Tech debt occurs when we solve a software problem with our limited understanding of the business at the time. We start building a solution to get feedback as early as possible....

March 10, 20214 min read

Code Author

Throughout the years I have worked on many software projects. In most of them, the code header included the authorʼs name. At first, it seemed natural to have the authorʼs name....

May 5, 20177 min read

Refactoring Untested Code

Most teams realize they are dealing with a legacy repo only when a tiny change turns into an operation. A oneline fix suddenly needs three people, two days of manual checks, and...

April 12, 20174 min read

Duplicate code isn't that bad

Duplicate code isn’t something we usually want in our code for various reasons. The most obvious one is maintenance. When you change a piece of logic, you have to find every pla...

March 11, 20166 min read

Consistency Matters

When I look back at the projects I’ve worked on, the most peaceful moments were always when the code felt consistent. Everything lined up. Names made sense. Files looked familia...