eddiejaoude/A personal blog

## A personal blog
Ideas, thoughts, discussion etc...

## Adding unit tests later is 10 times harder & false economy
Coming soon...

Will include:
- Code is probably not testable or good enough & may have to be refactored
- Imagine building a house then going back afterwards to add the road or foundations - it doesnt make sense, so why do it? Speed? Thats false economy!

## Contractor's hardware
Coming soon...

Will include:
- You must use our laptop because it is more secure than your hardware but you can install anything you want on it, even the OS - that I dont get! If it was a pre-harden image with vpn keys etc, then it would make some sense, well an acceptable amount.

## Contractors are like Frogs thrown in to boiling water
Coming soon...

Will include:
- Benefits of contractors joining a project
  - Contractors are like Frogs thrown into boiling water, they notice issues
  - Permanent people on the project are like Frog in water brought to boil slowly & dont notice the problems

## Life as a Contractor
Coming soon...

Will include:
- Pros/Cons

## PHP array explosion
Coming soon...

Will include:
- why so many php developers nest php arrays to the n'th degree for rapid development but the code becomes unmanageable
- why using objects would make the code easier to write, understand & unit test

## Recruiters
Coming soon...

Will include:
- Why do recruiters not understand that we can not answer the phone during the working day, have they not heard of email?
- Recuiters are your best friend when they want something

## Why low code coverage of unit tests can be bad
Coming soon...

Will include:
- Avergae code coverage (i.e. <80%) can be dangerous & false hope - you run the unit test suite, everything appears fine, commit & push, you go home, but it doesnt actually work & delays the rest of the team.
- In the middle of the road you will get hit by a car, either stay on the side of no unit tests or cross the road to have high coverage & confidence in your work
	Coming soon...

	Will include:
	- Code is probably not testable or good enough & may have to be refactored
	- Imagine building a house then going back afterwards to add the road or foundations - it doesnt make sense, so why do it? Speed? Thats false economy!
	Coming soon...

	Will include:
	- You must use our laptop because it is more secure than your hardware but you can install anything you want on it, even the OS - that I dont get! If it was a pre-harden image with vpn keys etc, then it would make some sense, well an acceptable amount.
	Coming soon...

	Will include:
	- Benefits of contractors joining a project
	- Contractors are like Frogs thrown into boiling water, they notice issues
	- Permanent people on the project are like Frog in water brought to boil slowly & dont notice the problems
	Coming soon...

	Will include:
	- why so many php developers nest php arrays to the n'th degree for rapid development but the code becomes unmanageable
	- why using objects would make the code easier to write, understand & unit test
	Coming soon...

	Will include:
	- Why do recruiters not understand that we can not answer the phone during the working day, have they not heard of email?
	- Recuiters are your best friend when they want something
	Coming soon...

	Will include:
	- Avergae code coverage (i.e. <80%) can be dangerous & false hope - you run the unit test suite, everything appears fine, commit & push, you go home, but it doesnt actually work & delays the rest of the team.
	- In the middle of the road you will get hit by a car, either stay on the side of no unit tests or cross the road to have high coverage & confidence in your work