heuristics — 2 Technical Articles

Aug 9, 2024 · Fundamentals

What ‘Dirty Tricks’ Reveal About Effective Software Engineering

The author reflects on reading Mark’s ‘Clean Code’ sequel, sharing how seemingly ‘old‑school’ heuristics—like backup configs, commit‑message discipline, and the rubber‑duck method—remain vital in modern software development, despite flashy tools, and urges readers to embrace practical, experience‑driven practices.

Software Engineeringcode qualitydevelopment practices

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What ‘Dirty Tricks’ Reveal About Effective Software Engineering

Go Development Architecture Practice

Jun 13, 2024 · Fundamentals

Why Is Concurrency So Hard? Uncovering the State‑Space Explosion

The article explores why concurrent programming is notoriously difficult, arguing that the root cause lies not in human cognition but in the combinatorial explosion of possible states and interleavings, and presents heuristics for reducing state space, such as using processes, atomic operations, and language constructs.

Parallel Programmingconcurrencydistributed-systems

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Why Is Concurrency So Hard? Uncovering the State‑Space Explosion