Archive - Pragdave

Job Titles Are Lazy Labels

It's time to stop using simplistic labels for complex individuals

Jul 6

June 2025

Simplicity, Agility, and Agency

Development doesn't have to be this complicated

Jun 25

Error Monads The Hard Way

I can't decide how to best express the equivalent of Haskell's Error monad and DO block in Ruby...

Jun 3

May 2025

Might not mean what you think it means

May 26

Module-based Polymorphism

May 15

Method Chaining vs Function Composition

Part of an occasional series on my move away from OO programming

May 14

April 2025

Design Patterns Are Not Design

Enough already with the factories and the decorators.

Apr 30

Premature Design Is Not Design

Resist the temptation to guess, and let the code tell you what it needs.

Apr 22

Received Wisdom

True wisdom can only come from within.

Apr 16

Disagreements Are Not Zero-Sum Games

Once you stop trying to be right, you'll start to understand more (and you'll be nicer to know).

Apr 9

Fear, and When To Fear It

Fear is good, but letting it get in your way is just plain unnecessary. Here are some of the many tricks for pushing through.

Apr 1

March 2025

Throwing the Babies Out With the Bathwater

A defense of Junior Developers

Mar 25

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