The Empathetic Developer

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ift Summ

it London, 2015

– Michael Feathers“legacy code is code without tests”

“Chill, Jules, this sh*t happens”

Image: Pulp Fiction (D

ir: Quentin Tarantino)

Denial“It’s not that bad. I mean the AppDelegate is 2000

thousand lines, but it could be worse I guess.”

Anger“Who the feck wrote this total and utter crud? 2000 lines!”

(stares hard at git blame)

Bargaining“I’d say this feature is a 1 pointer,

but could I have 8 points so I can rewrite it all?”

Depression“It’s just hacks all the way down.”

Acceptance“Okay, let’s just get on with this”

“Everyone knows when you make an assumption, you make an ass outta you, and umption” Im

age: Snakes On A Plane (D

ir: David Ellis)

“What you're supposed to do is act like a f****n’ professional.”

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ogs (Dir: Q

uentin Tarantino)

EmpatheticShowing empathy for others, and recognising their feelings etc; empathic

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/empathetic

michael.may@songkick.com twitter.com/codermay

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