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The Better Software Initiative

What Makes a 10x Developer, Anyway?

Focus on your sphere of influence – not just your individual productivity.

Oct 4, 2024

What Makes a 10x Developer, Anyway?

Oct 4, 2024

Published in
The Better Software Initiative

Drop The If-Else If You Want Better Code Quality and Higher Flexibility

If-else and switch cases are no different from hardcoded values.

Jul 24, 2024

Drop The If-Else If You Want Better Code Quality and Higher Flexibility

Jul 24, 2024

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Mjukvare Engineering

Favoring Integration Tests Over Unit Tests to Verify Correctness

It only takes a little extra to inspire confidence in your system.

Feb 24, 2024

Favoring Integration Tests Over Unit Tests to Verify Correctness

Feb 24, 2024

Published in
Mjukvare Engineering

10 Lead Software Developer Principles

Easily applicable principles, practices, and standards most developers should adopt.

Jan 4, 2024

10 Lead Software Developer Principles

Jan 4, 2024

Published in
Level Up Coding

Engineering for Evolution: Techniques to Future-Proof Your Code

Practices for creating adatapble and maintainable software for the long run.

Dec 10, 2023

Engineering for Evolution: Techniques to Future-Proof Your Code

Dec 10, 2023

Avoiding Backseat-Leaders — Effective Leadership in Software Development

Leaders need to be hands-on, every day.

Nov 19, 2023

Avoiding Backseat-Leaders — Effective Leadership in Software Development

Nov 19, 2023

Published in
Better Programming

How To Make Precise Estimates in Software Development

Story points are not the answer, and to be honest, I think story points are mostly useless.

May 25, 2023

How To Make Precise Estimates in Software Development

May 25, 2023

I Think Developers Are Fed Up with Modern Agile and Its Many Issues

Following Modern Agile practices doesn’t make you a better developer.

May 21, 2023

I Think Developers Are Fed Up with Modern Agile and Its Many Issues

May 21, 2023

Published in
Level Up Coding

9:30 am: “What did you do yesterday? What are you doing today? Any blockers?”

Dealing with the daily scrum mania.

Feb 2, 2023

9:30 am: “What did you do yesterday? What are you doing today? Any blockers?”

Feb 2, 2023

Published in
Level Up Coding

Practical Examples of Reflective Programming and Metadata-Driven Development

How to use reflection to create flexible software.

Jan 22, 2023

Practical Examples of Reflective Programming and Metadata-Driven Development

Jan 22, 2023

Nicklas Millard

Nicklas Millard

I mostly write to "future me" sharing what I learn and my opinion on software development practices. youtube.com/@nmillard | open for contracts in Jan 2026.

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