Tag Archives: Lessons Learned

Trauma Points (part 2) – Dealing with and treating trauma

Posted on March 24, 2023 by Tim Golisch

In part 1, we talked about “what trauma points are”, where they come from, why you only see them in maintenance programming. What to expect and what do about it? So, trauma points. If your team is using this term/concept … Continue reading →

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What’s not on my resume

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Tim Golisch

I don’t put everything-I’ve-done on my resume anymore. A few times I’ve had people complain about it being too-wordy, or even say something like “Look at all of this stuff. You must be a jack-of-all trades and master of none”. … Continue reading →

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Cheap vs Good

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Tim Golisch

Disclaimer: This is not about my current project. It is about all projects, everywhere. Kernighan once said “debugging is inherently twice as difficult as writing code in the first place. Therefore, if you have written an app as cleverly as … Continue reading →

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Why panicked fixes are dangerous

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Tim Golisch

A few months ago, I had a blog post about “panicked fixes“. I said they were bad, but I guess I wasn’t quite clear enough about why. Ironically, I’m the kind of guy who, if you tell me “Don’t do … Continue reading →

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It is what it is

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Tim Golisch

A buddy of mine says he hates this saying because it is pretty stupid.  “Of course it is what it is, what else could it be?”, he says.  “Could it be [not what it is] or is it [something similar … Continue reading →

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