Sean Franklin

XP Full-stack Developer working at Allstate on the roadside services team.

[Sean Franklin @IK790]

@johncrickett I've had improved results providing BDD requirements and asking the agent to work with a TDD mindset. This helped while creating an implementation plan and during execution, where it actually implemented using TDD. The result is only as good as the requirements though.

[Sean Franklin @IK790]

@housecor As long as prior data setup isn't needed, a unique or shared db should be the same. For example, a new anonymous sales transaction starts with creating a unique id for that transaction. Then that same id is used throughout the test. Which for insurance quoting flows is common.

[Cory House @housecor]

Hot take 🌶️: I’m not a fan of dedicated QA.

I prefer the dev team to be solely responsible for quality.

When dedicated QA exists, 2 problems tend to occur:

1. Devs get lazy. They lean on QA to find bugs.

2. Dev and QA often use different testing tools which duplicates effort.

[Sean Franklin @IK790]

@allenholub Couldn't agree more!

[Cory House @housecor]

Many programming practices have a sweet spot.

No types vs 100% perfect types.
No tests vs 100% code coverage.
No pair programming vs 100% pair programming.
No code reviews vs mandatory reviews by every team member.

There’s often wisdom in between. Look for the sweet spot.

[Sean Franklin @IK790]

@housecor I find that doing TDD regardless of deadlines has always produced higher quality code more efficiently. Most of the arguments I get are from people who don't know how to write tests well. TDD forces you to plan out your implementation ahead of time making implementation quick.

[Sean Franklin @IK790]

@grantmcauley I thought he had one walk, but got a double play the next batte? Still great, but I wouldn't call it perfect.

[Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub]

Any organization that imposes a "change initiative" from the top down has no hope of actually changing. You do not change an organization by telling people to change, IMO.

[Cory House @housecor]

6 signs a dev team is out of control:

1. Few/no automated tests
2. Many lint warnings/errors
3. No Continuous Integration server
4. Frequent misspellings in code and UI
5. PRs are typically merged without any comments
6. "Hot fixes" are frequently necessary after deploys

[Sean Franklin @IK790]

@starbuxman I wasn't sure whether I would rather have a single composite monitor for my apps that tells if anything is down or multiple individual ones. Then I looked at the comments 🤦

[Sean Franklin @IK790]

@gbevin Hopefully the plugin can work in both directions. It would be great to do TDD and have the working code generated based on the tests.

[Samuel Motal @SamuelMotal]

👨‍💻Unexperienced developer: I need advice from the seniors.
👨‍💻👨‍💻Experienced developer: I don't need advice.
👨‍��👨‍💻👨‍💻Really experienced: Let's see what the new guy in the team thinks about that topic. Maybe it can shift my perspective. Maybe we both can learn.

[Sean Franklin @IK790]

@CaddieNetwork False. Joey Chestnut, hands down. No one even comes close in MLE history.

[Cory House @housecor]

Habit: When I open a PR, I review the diff myself first.

I ask:
Is this change well tested?

Are docs necessary?

Any hacks I need to resolve?

Any follow-up tickets I should open?

Do I need to add comments or improve my naming?

Should I split this PR to make it more focused?

[Sean Franklin @IK790]

@NotMyAgile If the requirements are well enough, does the product owner need to meet with developers for the demo? Can't the devs complete the work and the PO can sign off themselves without pulling devs away from development to demo?

[fks @FredKSchott]

State of JS 2022 is OUT NOW! 😱
Should I live-tweet the interesting bits?
https://t.co/76eqMYMLf9

[Viktar Patotski @xpvit]

We moved our projects from #Java 11 to #Java 17 almost right after the LTS release. Here is a list of the Top 5 features that I have used and enjoyed for more than a year that may convince you to upgrade your projects. 🧵👇

[Sean Franklin @IK790]

@TylerFFCreator Tua, Fields, or Herbert. Need to pick two with 4pts passing TD.

[Sean Franklin @IK790]

@Braves are the 2021 World Series champs!! #GoBraves

[Atlanta Braves @Braves]

Good morning. The Atlanta Braves play in the #WorldSeries today.

#BattleATL