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16 Simple Tips to Boost Your Productivity x10

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Dec 29, 20204 min read 5.7K views

These easy-to-follow tips will improve your output dramatically. 1. Remove Notifications 🔔 Check your phone after a couple of hours. Keep an eye on the app with the most notifications. Block them. Don't fear FOMO. Choose your shots. You are going ...

Code Smell 81 - Result

Jun 19, 20212 min read 16 views

result = ??? TL;DR: Use good names always. Result is always a very bad name. Problems Readability Solutions Rename result. If you don't know how to name it, just name the variable with the same name as the last function call. Don't use IDEs wi...

Code Smell 80 - Nested Try/Catch

Jun 16, 20212 min read 26 views

Exceptions are a great way of separating happy path versus trouble path. But we tend to over-complicate our solutions. TL;DR: Don't nest Exceptions. Nobody cares of what you do in the inner blocks. Problems Readability Solutions Refactor Sample...

Code Smell 79 - TheResult

Jun 14, 20211 min read 45 views

If a name is already used, we can always prefix it with 'the'. TL;DR: don't prefix your variables. Problems Readability Meaningless names Solutions Use intention revealing names. Avoid Indistinct noise words. Sample Code Wrong var result; ...

Code Smell 78 - Callback Hell

Jun 11, 20212 min read 31 views

Processing an algorithm as a sequence of nested callbacks is not clever. TL;DR: Don't process calls in a callback way. Write a sequence. Problems Readability Hard to debug. Complexity Solutions Change callbacks to sequence calls. Extract rep...

Code Smell 77 - Timestamps

Jun 9, 20212 min read 34 views

Timestamps are widely used. They have a central issuing authority and do not go back, do they? TL;DR: Don't use timestamps for sequence. Centralize and lock your issuer. Problems Bijection Fault. Timestamp Collisions. Timestamp precision. Packe...