Daily Shaarli

All links of one day in a single page.

November 5, 2025

Extreme Programming Revived?

Unfortunately and as far as I can tell we're still not there. I'm trying to do my part in how I push for those topics when working with teams and organizations. So many things to help with on the practice level and making developer teams function properly.

A generator, duck typing, and a branchless conditional walk into a bar
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Neat stories explaining those three important features of Python.

Teller Reveals His Secrets

Nice little article to get an idea of the culture and art behind magic tricks.

Guilds: Get Stuff Done Together

We can cast doubt on the "Spotify Model" (not really a model anyway...) all we want. Still, I think the whole "guild" idea in there was spot on. This article gives a feel of how it can be setup and the benefits it can bring.

The Learning Loop and LLMs

Indeed, if we weaken the learning loop by using coding assistants then we might feel we go faster while we're building up the maintenance cliff. We need to have an understanding of the system.

An Introduction to Domain Driven Design

An old introduction to DDD. Not necessarily the best reference on the topic (which is probably still the blue book). Probably a good resource to skim over the important points and get started though.

Too Clean?

A good reminder that you don't want your code base clean to the point of being sterile. You have to fight off the mess yes, but some of it can stay if it provides affordances.