Fotis Tsakiris

Software Engineer

[Mario Fusco @mariofusco]

Tests are not all the same

[Mario Fusco @mariofusco]

If you've been disappointed by the last peer review you received, don't forget that it is not about you.

[Mario Fusco @mariofusco]

If you experienced something like this recently be grateful: it simply means that you're still learning and improving your software development skills.

[Mario Fusco @mariofusco]

I wish I could have €1 for each time I had this discussion, but no adding a null check "just in case" and without understanding what's happening is never the right thing to do.

https://t.co/qLgtGZajM8

[Mario Fusco @mariofusco]

7 Circles of Developer Hell

[Mario Fusco @mariofusco]

Tests explained 👇

[Erik Meijer @headinthebox]

Code Tetris: The ultimate satisfaction of collapsing complex code you've worked on for weeks into something super simple with a couple of deft refactorings.

[Mario Fusco @mariofusco]

Successful software teams are made of (a small number of) individuals who:

- are passionate
- are committed
- take responsibilities
- share knowledge
- aren't afraid of making mistakes
- recognize others' merits

All methodologies are poor replacements for lack of these skills.

[Mario Fusco @mariofusco]

... and that's why loose coupling is an important design principle

[Mario Fusco @mariofusco]

The role of (generative) AI is to increase developers productivity, not to replace them. This is a good example of how it could and should work.
https://t.co/Y8mlcJbyl5

[Mario Fusco @mariofusco]

In my opinion the general availability of virtual threads made 21 the most disruptive and innovative Java release since 8...

... and still people seem to focus on stuff like this 👇

Sometimes I really don't understand developers 🤷

[Mario Fusco @mariofusco]

Teams are immutable. Every time someone leaves, or joins, you have a new team, not a changed team.

[Mario Fusco @mariofusco]

The biggest cause of failure in software-intensive systems is not technical failure; it’s building the wrong thing.

[Mario Fusco @mariofusco]

Debugging is the art of figuring out what you really told your program to do rather than what you thought you told it to do.

[Mario Fusco @mariofusco]

Science doesn't care if you believe in it.

[Mario Fusco @mariofusco]

All tests are green, merged. 👍

[Mario Fusco @mariofusco]

A few years ago the central and most important part of a car was its engine.

Now it's the huge tablet just in front of you and that keeps distracting you while you should be concentrated on the driving.

The difference is really all there 😢

[Mario Fusco @mariofusco]

Finally a fashion style I can understand!

[Mario Fusco @mariofusco]

Programming languages explained with music.

[Linus ✦ Ekenstam @LinusEkenstam]

Is this the future of podcasts?

AI conversations | Bill Gates x Socrates

I think very realistic conversations like this will be bread and butter in any streaming app.

Let’s take it one step further and imagine this but personalized towards you? 🤯

What do you think?