software engineering

A collection of 131 posts

maintenance

Dealing with upgrades

A very important part of software maintenance is to keep languages, libraries, and framework versions up to date. I've experienced this many times and I've collected some tips or patterns that helped me to deal with future cases.

css Featured

“Is it CSS? Yes? Next.” - Tips for CSS code reviews

CSS can make stuff look super cool... but is the code that makes cool stuff cool too? Not sure what to check? Some tips to do so might help!

best practices

Las 12 propiedades deseables de los tests según Kent Beck

Un análisis sobre el artículo "Test Desiderata" escrito por Kent Beck, en donde se listan 12 propiedades deseables de los tests.

scripts

Escribí tus scripts ejecutables en cualquier lenguaje

¿No te llevás bien con bash? Aprendé como escribir tus propios scripts en tu lenguaje favorito.

haskell

Conferer, a configuration library for Haskell

Conferer is a library that helps you configure your Haskell applications in an ergonomic way.

ipv6

Breve historia de cómo IPv6 casi me deja sin comer

Internet es de esas cosas que son maravillosas mientras funcionan o el peor infierno cuando no lo hacen. Si alguna vez sufriste esto en tus dias de home office acercate a conocer algunas herramientas que te pueden interesar...

agile

¿Estimar no sirve para nada?

Números y tiempos, scopes y complejidades... ¿De qué sirve ocupar el tiempo en toda esta predicción? ¿En qué mejora el resultado final? ¿Qué ganamos? ¿Será que estimar no sirve para nada? Mmmm, a ver...

css

Style Your CSS With Sass!

Nowadays, CSS is a complex toolbox that not all web developers are willing to embrace (even though it’s awesome).  And we all know that any web app can quickly be overwhelmed with styles and classes, making it even harder to keep track of what selectors are overriding what styles,

react

El costo de usar Redux

¿Cuál es el costo de usar Redux? Lo importante es comparar las ventajas y desventajas de usar una tecnología en un contexto dado.

best practices

Clean Code Cleanups

I’ll walk you through different stages of code cleanup, and things to have in mind to make it in an efficient way, based on my experience.

machine learning

Machine Learning for everybody 2: Back to machine school

Previously, on “Machine Learning for everybody”, we talked about what machine learning is and why it’s nice to have. In this episode we’ll ramble on about how a computer can learn things, or rather how you may teach them.

agile

This is not a User Story, or is it? Thoughts about telling and managing stories

We surely agree that there’s nothing better than users telling the dev team such stories. But, How should we call them? User stories, backlog items, story cards? And even more important: what is the most efficient way to write and manage these stories?

agile

Sinfín Cynefin*. Le developer y el loop temporal

Este es un loco y divertido relato, inspirado en un sueño real, donde intentaremos responder: ¿Cómo influye la experiencia en la toma de decisiones? ¿Podemos categorizar los problemas y, en base a esto, actuar en consecuencia?

trabajo remoto

El software en tiempos de COVID-19

Dentro de una hora comienza el aislamiento obligatorio en Argentina. ¿Qué tan lejos estamos de suplantar la mayor cantidad de trabajo manual posible con su versión virtual? ¿Qué tan lejos estamos de esta utopía en la era del desarrollo de software?

experience

8 years, 8 challenges

I'm very happy to complete my 8th year at 10Pines, and I would like to share, for each year I've worked here, the biggest challenge I had and what I think I could have done better. In other words, the most important lessons learned each year.

json

Log Custom JSON with Log4J2

This post is the outcome of my own experience when trying to log JSON objects on a Spring boot Java app using Log4J2. We find it really hard to accomplish that since we couldn't find proper documentation. So, hopefully this post will help if you ever have to deal with such situation.

java

Log Custom JSON Con Log4J2

Escribo este post a partir de una experiencia vivida en donde queríamos loguear objetos JSON en una aplicación Java con Spring Boot utilizando Log4J2. Nos fue un poco costoso lograrlo debido a que no encontramos mucha información sólida, por ello la motivación del mismo.

desarrollo de software

¿Desarrollo de Software? ¿Qué es eso?

Cuando me preguntan qué estudio, en general me dicen: "¿Qué es eso? ¿Qué hace un programador?". ¿Por qué la gente no sabe de qué se trata, pero nosotros sí sabemos de qué se tratan otras carreras?

node

How do streams work in Node.js?

What happens when I want to read a very big file in Node.js? Should I read the full file at once, loading it all to memory? And if I do it, will it cause performance issues on my program?Let me show you how we can use streams to improve performance on your project.

experiencia

Mi camino profesional (o cómo ganar confianza en que puedo ser una gran dev)

No permitas que te digan que no podés". Este es el mensaje que nos trae Orne, contándonos a través de su experiencia las trabas que encontró en su camino profesional, y cómo logró superarlas al descubrir que posee todas las cualidades (y más) para ser una gran desarrolladora.

agile

Product Discovery: Highlights from my Agile Software Development book

At 10Pines we build software for several types of customers; from large corporations and even when the needs, the size of the problem and obviously the budget differ, we always begin with a Product Discovery, where we meet with the specialists in the business, our clients, to create a shared vision.

performance

Performance in web-apps: the solutions

At the very end of this saga we want to close it talking about actual solutions we can apply to improve the performance of your web-apps! Have you ever tried one of these?

performance

Performance in web-apps: the results

Now that we know the tools to measure our web page performance, what do we have to look at? What do all these numbers mean? Fear no more! Let's take a look!

performance

Performance in web-apps: the tools

One does not simply choose a tool to measure your performance in web apps. Here we have a list of tools and opinions about them! Do you have your own list?

performance

Performance in web-apps: the objective

Which is the goal in the performance race? Maybe you need to focus on perceived performance instead. Do you know your TTFB? Let's talk about all of it in the second post of the saga: performance in web apps!