This is a quick-ish article about layering software design, and how to achieve layering in ways which are consistent and useful for the maintainability of your source code. I have seen it done badly I have also seen it done very well, but I thought it was worth covering. Throughout my career I have seen lots of software designs, great. Flow charts and diagrammatic representations of software designs. At this point I think “Great, I can follow this!” – and then I see the code, and the layering is impossible to decipher, and is seemingly only existent in the designer/architect’s…
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Hi everyone So today I thought I would do a quick post, as it has now been just over a year since I started as the Senior Systems Architect at Speed Agency. We’ve had an amazing year, seeing the design, development, and delivery of a number of bespoke systems, including our own modular content management system. Of course, to achieve all this we use a whole bunch of tools. Here I thought I would summarise my favourite; #1 Digital Ocean Now, I know there are competitors out there, however I haven’t used them. The reasons I love Digital Ocean can…
Leave a CommentSo this is a topic I thought I would touch on, having worked in lots of environments, on lots of projects, with varying different sets of priorities; I have noticed a few different things; with some very common characteristics across almost all development teams. The first is that there is a two fold problem when it comes to expertise: Expertise is never a clear cut, black and white line, every professional, in every role, has a varied set of skills The second is often the expertise people hold is often overshadowed by personalities on projects The downside to the second…
Leave a CommentYou, yes you, are the worst programmer or web developer in the world. Without a shadow of a doubt. In someone’s opinion. The thing about programming or building anything is that it’s almost entirely subjective. Of course there are certain things which are categorically bad like lazy developing, obvious bugs, security vulnerabilities and terrible performance (both server side and client side). The point of this article, really, is to ask the question: Why are we, as a community, so judgemental? There are plenty of controversial topics, when you get into web development. Factory patterns vs dependency injection vs just using classes/objects.…
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