Three Development Articles That Interested Me This Week — 1/31/2022

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

Most teams are doing code reviews wrong. Here are 3 warning signs, and 3 fixes.

I can remember when nobody did code reviews. Now you are practically forced to by GitHub or whatever. Of course, code reviews can be problematic. Read how, and how to fix things if they are off the rails.

Object-Oriented Programming — The Trillion Dollar Disaster

Provocative post of the week. Not sure I agree. If you want to reduce complexity, write simple classes — don’t over-control it. But the author does make the distinction between “pure OOP” and “today’s OOP”. Interesting read no matter what side you fall on. Me? I’m a “use your tools wisely” guy.

How Chainsaws make me a better programmer

I love, love, love this article. As a guy who has added “Helping take care of three horses” to his list of things he never thought he’d do, I know exactly what this guy is talking about. Great stuff.