When to Refactor

Abstract: Many software engineers struggle with trying to fit in time to refactor and better the code - especially in environments where a product team is driving ticketed work and features. In times of lower workload, pay off some of your tech debt; in times of lots of feature work, leverage tech debt. Understanding how and when to leverage technical debt is an important skill to have along with knowing when to pay it off....

April 11, 2023 · 3 min · 441 words · Devin Ward

AI Writing Code

AI seems to be everywhere. The super hot topic. LLMs, or just generally known as AI, creeping into software development. Will it take our jobs? It can be scary to think about that. Hell, the current climate around tech jobs is scary in and of itself as the economy decides how many tech jobs the world really needs after a huge inflation during the pandemic. And that does seem to be the use now....

March 24, 2023 · 4 min · 788 words · Devin Ward