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Superstition Driven Development

Avatar for Joshua Paling Joshua Paling
March 10, 2015
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Superstition Driven Development

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March 10, 2015

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Transcript

  1. @joshuapaling JOSS

  2. SUPERSTITION DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT

  3. POST PUBLICATION DATE

  4. POST PUBLICATION DATE <%= published_at(post) %>

  5. POST PUBLICATION DATE <%= published_at post %>

  6. POST PUBLICATION DATE <%= @published_at post %>

  7. POST PUBLICATION DATE <%= @post published_at %>

  8. POST PUBLICATION DATE <%= @post.published_at %>

  9. YAAAAY <%= @post.published_at %>

  10. ??????? <%= @post.published_at %>

  11. SUPERSTITION DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT

  12. 1. STOP!

  13. 2. Feel terribly guilty

  14. 2. Feel terribly guilty DON’T

  15. 3. Break it down

  16. 4. Put it together

  17. 5. Get faster at it

  18. WHY?

  19. SIMPLE

  20. FRAMEWORKS NO

  21. GEMS NO

  22. BROWSER NO

  23. TESTS NO

  24. TERMINAL + TEXT EDITOR