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What do you need to relax? How about something worth reading:

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In today's world it is hard to predict what happens next. But you can decide what you will read next:

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Did you ever wonder what is the best day for reading? I would say the best is "every" :)

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Friday the 13th - what can go wrong?

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Another great day is another great reason to read another great article:

What Running Your Application Can Tell You About Its Quality?

I mostly work with long-lived applications that undergo continuous modification. Evaluating their quality by simply glancing at the code would be rather naive—there are multiple dimensions to consider for a more comprehensive assessment. Of course, code quality matters, but there are several other checks I perform. Today, I want to share a subset of those checks—focused specifically on application execution—and what insights they can offer.

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Article, book, audiobook, podcast? It doesn't matter as long as it makes you happy :)

Do You Understand the Debt You Have to Pay?

I was fortunate to start my career with people who truly cared about code quality. Early on, I learned why this matters and how continuous attention to quality positively impacts customer satisfaction. This experience made it natural for me to improve legacy code and constantly seek further enhancements.

However, at the beginning of my journey, my perspective was narrow—I saw only the code. So, my efforts focused solely on refactoring. Fast forward to today, I've learned that there are many more ways to improve software. There are also several strategies you can explore to choose the right approach for your situation.

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Only month left till the end of 2024. That means you still have plenty of time to read something amazing this year!

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It's time for reading! Yes, and it's Friday again ;)

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It's Friday - time for reading! Of course, other days are good for reading as well.

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The weather is great again! And reading is fun as always :)

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If you did not had a time for reading this week, Friday is perfect day to change it:

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How about good reading before the weekend?

How to make good programming decisions?

Recently I read a great book - "Software Mistakes and Tradeoffs: How to make good programming decisions" by Tomasz Lelek and Jon Skeet. 

I like the idea, the structure, and all the suggestions the authors shared with us. 

The book describes various problems we may face during daily work, how to tackle them, and how to decide which solution brings us the most benefits.

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Do you know this great feeling when you simply must read one more page?

You can't stop degradation

There are a lot of patterns, techniques, and approaches that help to write understandable code and build an architecture possible to change. 

The difficult aspect of development is the fact that whatever you will do, the code and the architecture will degrade. 

The question is, why regardless of tries and efforts we cannot change that? 

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Cheers to all of you who find a time for reading:

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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.