Three Developer Articles that Interested Me This Week — 09/12/2022

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20 principles I learned from 10 years of developing software

Usually, I find these lists rather banal — but this one is well above average as such lists go. #7 is the best on the list.

How I Maintain OSS Projects

Great article on, well, how to maintain OSS Projects. I found it interesting because it makes me think about how I approach a new open-source project that I find and how important the README is.

Software Factories

I liked this article. I’ve always been uncomfortable with viewing software development as “engineering.” I always viewed it as calling the Sistene Chapel algorithmic. It just doesn’t work that way, and try in to make it so is kind of futile.