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Not each Friday can be sunny, but good thing is - each is good for reading:

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Sunny day = reading day :)

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Never ending cycle: yet another word, yet another article, and it's Friday so you have to start again :)

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Today is a good day... good day to read another great article:

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The dilemma of the week comes back - what should you read first?

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And this difficult decision to make - what to read first:

Why Your Brilliant Ideas Fall Flat (And How to Fix It)

We all know the drill: refactoring makes our code easier to understand, static analysis points out complex areas and code smells, tests help us track and improve our code's coverage, and Domain-Driven Design lets us build code that directly reflects the business rules. Sounds logical, right? Yet, we often find it tough to convince managers, product owners, and other stakeholders of the value in these practices. What's even more puzzling is that we usually have no problem getting fellow developers on board.