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A brief history of Nothing

Oct 13, 20214 min read

How various modern languages deal with missing data · Almost all programs encounter the need to represent the absence of a value, whether it's an empty...

A brief history of Nothing

Mocking libraries are an antipattern

Oct 12, 20214 min read

This post sets out the case that mocking libraries are usually not needed, and more often a hinderance to development and an indication that the...

Mocking libraries are an antipattern

The Two Pillars of Readable Code

Sep 28, 20217 min read

readability (n.) – the quality of being legible or decipherable Programmers often need to reason about unfamiliar code. By increasing the readability...

The Two Pillars of Readable Code