Three Development Articles That Interested Me This Week — 1/24/2022

Every Monday, I post three articles from the world of software development that interest me or otherwise catch my attention.

Figma for Developers

When I first encountered Figma, my thought was “This is clearly something cool, but it confuses the hell out of me”. Now, after reading this article, I am merely mildly befuddled.

Washing your code: avoid mutation

This is some seriously good advice — I’ve grown quite fond of immutability over the years. And while you are there, read this as well. Sound advice all around. Looking forward to more like this, as well as the book.

REST is Dying. Get Rid of It.

I love a good provocative title. REST is ubiquitous and I don’t think it is going anywhere (But then again, there was SOAP, so….) I’m not buying what he’s selling and I’m a little frustrated that TIGER isn’t an acronym, but it’s an interesting mental exercise…