Link Dump #76

Hope you booked some time for your reading time:

Infinite work

Improving legacy applications is something I really like to do. Sometimes it is about changing infrastructure, slicing down the monolith, establishing a better architecture for the code base(s), and sometimes it is about all these things. And the work is not only about technical aspects. You need to make sure a supportive culture is in place. A culture that helps continuously pay off technical debt. 

Both tasks are challenging and long-term in nature. You can neither change the architecture nor build an appropriate environment within a month or so. In most cases, this is a plan for years.

And this can be overwhelming.

Link Dump #75

Regardless your weekend plans I think you can find a few minutes for reading:

You need to make decisions to learn how to make right decisions

You don't automatically learn to design architecture when you become a more experienced developer. Even the best programmers may not have the skills required to make decisions that stand the test of time. 

In that case, the question is: how can you learn these skills?

Link Dump #74

This is really great to know that even if you would read all day long there is always something more worth to read:

Link Dump #73

It just started snowing again! That's why you should take a cup of coffee and enjoy the reading: