Jarrod Roberson

Jarrod Roberson

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Opinionated Software Developer of more than 38 years taking notes on what not to do again. Nothing you read here was "AI" generated.

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Go is Not Java

Feb 19, 20246 min read

Java mains keep posting “Patterns in Go” articles. · Forty year old Gang of Four patterns, designed for C++, misunderstood and poorly implemented by Java...

Freedom via Constraints

Apr 25, 20246 min read

when you know what you can not do, everything else is a possibility - Jarrod Roberson · No one programming language is prefect for every situation, but...

Java is the new COBOL

Apr 24, 20244 min read

technology that you should be using or familiar with now or soon · No one programming language is prefect for every situation, but some are perfect for...

Sane approach to Go project directory structure!

Apr 17, 20248 min read

You must have both loose coupling AND high cohesion. · Loose Coupling/High Cohesion The first is easy the second hard that is why everyone ignores...

Considered Harmful Test Driven Development

Apr 17, 20245 min read

the development process that can be named is not the true development process · TL;DR Dogmatic Driven Adherence to things is bad. Especially things that...

Considered Harmful Test Driven Development

Only two questions you need to ask to determine if someone really "knows" a thing.

Apr 9, 20246 min read

Here how you can tell with two easy questions. · Everyone claims to be an "expert" in their thing. The reality is they rarely are. They either honestly...