The biggest issue on software teams is making sure everyone understands what everyone else is doing.

I've learned to always avoid saying "always"

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

A pattern is an idea that has been useful in one practical context and will probably be useful in others.

Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

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.

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.