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Episode Synopsis
In this special Thanksgiving weekend episode, Fito and Alan discuss what they're thankful for this year, and then tackle why DRY is the worst programming advice ever.Links...A Brewer's Guide to Filtering out Complexity and Churn from Rocky Mountain Ruby 2024.The Case for WET Tests by Amanda BeinerLet's Not by Joe Ferris3A – Arrange, Act, Assert by Bill WakeRule of Three from Refactoring by Martin Fowler (page 58), attributed to Don Roberts"Last Responsible Moment" from Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change by Kent Beck and Cynthia Andres (page 25), though Beck & Andres may have been influenced by Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit by Mary Poppendieck and Tom Poppendieck (page 57), which was released a year earlier.Text us your thoughts!How to reach us... Blog: The Code Gardener Bluesky: Alan, Fito LinkedIn: Alan, Fito Ruby Events: Alan, Fito
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