Komencanto kun #Esperanto (Dankon, #Duolingo). Mastodon newbie (despite having had an account for several years). #Python wonk. #TTRPG afficionado, particularly #FateCore and #MotW.
My latest book: https://www.packtpub.com/en-UA/product/hands-on-software-engineering-with-python-9781835888001
Functional standards are value decisions.
They freeze intent into a system and shape it long after the code is written — often reinforcing reliability, resilience, and fail-fast behavior when used with discipline.
The functional standard that’s paid off the most for me: formal input/output contracts.
(Reflections about Chapter 7 of #HandsOn #SoftwareEngineering with #Python, https://tinyurl.com/HOSEWP2)
Good documentation is also insurance — against turnover, against time, against memory. Sometimes that’s nothing more than a solid IDE help popup. Sometimes it’s the difference between confidence and fear when touching unfamiliar code.
When documentation works, nobody notices.
When it fails, everybody pays.
The reluctance of engineers to write documentation is a familiar cliché. It’s tedious, it doesn’t ship features, and there’s a belief that good code should explain itself.
Maybe I’m a fluke. Maybe I’ve just been burned often enough. Either way, I’ve come to see documentation as a stewardship responsibility, not busywork.
(Reflections about Chapter 6 of #HandsOn #SoftwareEngineering with #Python, available at https://tinyurl.com/HOSEWP2)
System modeling is a way of thinking, not just diagrams.
Writing things down forces you to re-evaluate assumptions and surface missing pieces before they harden into code.
(More afterthoughts from my book, #HandsOn #SoftwareEngineering with #Python : https://tinyurl.com/HOSEWP2)
#SystemDesign #EngineeringJudgment #MaintainableSystems #CareerGrowth
So apparently there's a sale going on for the next day and a half for the eBook edition ::shrugs:: ::grins::
https://www.packtpub.com/en-UA/product/hands-on-software-engineering-with-python-9781835888001
It’s Official…
...the second edition of my book, Hands-On Software Engineering with Python (https://www.packtpub.com/en-us/product/hands-on-software-engineering-with-python-9781835888001?type=print), is officially published and available from Packt (https://www.packtpub.com/en-us).
#python #softwareengineering #technicalwriting #programming #learning
The nominal person on the other end of the conversation mentioned having their housekeeper take the dog to an emergency vet hospital.
Fine, I wished them the best of luck, and begged off to go make dinner.
A couple hours later, another ping and picture, claiming that the dog was back, home, and resting:
