Everything I know about good API design
Interesting article to consider when thinking about what is and isn't a good API design.
Mistakes I see engineers making in their code reviews | Hacker News
Interesting article relating to ideas on how to conduct a good code review. I've chosen to link to the Hacker News thread where I first found it, rather than the blog post itself, because this is one of those HN threads where the comments are a worthwhile read too.
Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses
Good article covering all the exceptions to the "an address is simple" rule.
Email is Easy
For decades now I've been annoyed by systems that validate email addresses, badly. This is useful to help illustrate how people often get the idea of a "valid" email address wrong.
“Don’t Mock What You Don’t Own” in 5 Minutes
An interesting article on what should and shouldn't be mocked when writing tests.
The Myth of Self-Documenting Code
I tend to think that folk who spout the "my code speaks for itself, I don't need to document it or comment it" nonsense are at best mistaken, and at worst toxic individuals who want to gatekeep the industry.
This is an interesting blog post that contains some thinking I can mostly vibe with.