Quality

For close to a year and a half now, I’ve had the opportunity to be in an architect role. This in itself has been something I’ve been looking forward to for quite a few years now, and I’m very grateful to the people that helped me maneuver into this position. The change to this role went gradually and for quite a while I was still involved in the development effort. This situation has given me a means to reflect on my time as a software developer, and making a case that I don’t want to go back. ...

Code Quality is a topic that often results in very heated discussions. These mostly, if not always, are about details, such as tabs vs spaces, about interfaces versus abstract classes and what constitutes good “Javadoc”. These discussions often boil down to a lot of yes/no arguments during Code Reviews, almost always revolving around Code Style. ...