The cults of TDD and GenAI
I’ve gotten a lot of flack throughout my career over my disdain towards test-driven development (TDD). I have met a lot of people who swear by it! And, I have also met a lot of people who insisted tha
Founder of SourceHut. Creator of sway, wlroots, and aerc. Open source advocate and Linux developer.
https://drewdevault.comI’ve gotten a lot of flack throughout my career over my disdain towards test-driven development (TDD). I have met a lot of people who swear by it! And, I have also met a lot of people who insisted tha
Author redesigned their Helios microkernel after development stalled due to poor foundational design assumptions from their first major OS project.
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FUTO claims to fund open source projects but misuses the term to describe source-available commercial software with restrictive licenses.
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