In almost all cases, I’m opposed to setting aside time for refactoring. In my view refactoring is not an activity you set aside time to do. Refactoring is something you do all the time in little bursts.

In almost all cases, I’m opposed to setting aside time for refactoring. In my view refactoring is not an activity you set aside time to do. Refactoring is something you do all the time in little bursts.

I find that writing unit tests actually increases my programming speed

Continuous Integration is a software development practice where members of a team integrate their work frequently, usually each person integrates at least daily - leading to multiple integrations per day. Each integration is verified by an automated build (including test) to detect integration errors as quickly as possible. Many teams find that this approach leads to significantly reduced integration problems and allows a team to develop cohesive software more rapidly.

One of the big dangers is to pretend that you can follow a predictable process when you can't.

Comparing to another activity is useful if it helps you formulate questions, it's dangerous when you use it to justify answers.

Now I'm a pretty lazy person and am prepared to work quite hard in order to avoid work.