Eric TsiliacosProgramming as Theory Building by Peter Naur (an excerpt)Source: https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/Naur.pdf8 min read·May 25, 2022----
Eric TsiliacosScaling XPLike code, [companies] do not actually decay, but rather suffer from a lack of being updated with respect to the changing environment in…8 min read·May 24, 2022----
Eric TsiliacosA Software Theory FormationTeams feel when a problem is decomposed poorly. The work feels arbitrarily assigned rather than discovered as the next highest priority…5 min read·May 24, 2022--1--1
Eric TsiliacosQuotes for Programmers“Make the change easy, then make the easy change.” — Kent Beck2 min read·Aug 13, 2020--1--1
Eric TsiliacosDetermining Pushable CommitsBreaking down our work into smaller commits can help us manage complexity but how do we know if we may need to first squash a set of…1 min read·Aug 13, 2020----
Eric TsiliacosForgetting StructureI once offered to help someone set up and tear down a room partition. He stressed that the metal poles which we were placing into their…1 min read·Aug 13, 2020----
Eric TsiliacosEncoding AffordancesI was recently intrigued with my daughter’s stacking toy. The objective is to be able to make the tallest tower possible. The sizes of the…2 min read·Aug 11, 2020----
Eric TsiliacosCombating Fear Driven DevelopmentHere’s a list of techniques that help me combat “Fear Driven Development”:2 min read·Aug 7, 2020----
Eric TsiliacosBuilding With Forms In MindMoments of cohesion form in the midst of change.4 min read·Aug 6, 2020----