Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

How can we prevent legacy from creeping in?

Mar 31, 2022

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Test Riving Development Is a Tool That Helps in More Than Just Testing

02:21

No Tests Can Make a Code Base Better

01:49

Having Good Documentation Can Be a Big Help in Preventing Legacy Code

01:39

Introduction

3min

How Are You to Day?

2min

What Is Legacy?

2min

What Is Legacy?

2min

Do You Know When Dependencies Become Legacy?

2min

How to Maintain Legacy Code?

2min

No Tests Can Make a Code Base Better

2min

Is Your Test Sweet Going to Be Good?

2min

Java Go

3min

10.

The Tooling of Goad Is a Good Thing.

2min

11.

Compiling a Platform Is Not Sutrally Gos Fault or Responsibility

2min

12.

Is Open Source Legacy Different From Open Source?

2min

13.

Square at Partner - The Square at Market Place

2min

14.

The Pains of Maintaining a Software

2min

15.

When to Do a Greenfield Rewrite?

2min

16.

Do You Think It's a Different Type of Engineering?

3min

17.

Is There a Cost to Maintaining a Product?

3min

18.

The Difference Between Legacy Code and Technical Debt

3min

19.

How to Quantify What This Debt Looks Like for the Business

2min

20.

Is There a New Type of Engineer?

2min

21.

Is Testing a Good Way to Stop Legacy Code Crying In?

2min

22.

Test Riving Development Is a Tool That Helps in More Than Just Testing

2min

23.

Having Good Documentation Can Be a Big Help in Preventing Legacy Code

2min

24.

I've Written Something, Okay, This Is Good

2min

25.

Par Programming Can Be Excellent for This, Right?

2min

26.

What Are Some Questions That You Would Like to Ask?

2min

27.

Code Yeflym

2min

28.

Rewrite Legacy Software

2min

29.

Is There a Way to Successfully Retire Something?

3min

30.

Greenfield Rewrites Are Not Always the Right Way to Go

2min

31.

Go Time Unpopular Opinion

2min

32.

How to Keep Coming Back on the Show on Popular Opinion

2min

33.

I Love Yoga, I Love Rit Yoga, and I Love It!

2min

34.

C S S Is a Full Fledged Programming Language

2min

35.

Unpopular Go Time Opinion

2min

36.

Generics

2min

37.

Why Do We Still Use the Von Norman Architecture?

5min

In this episode we will discuss what it’s like to work with legacy code. How you work with it, how to avoid issues arising due to it, as well as when a greenfield rewrite is the best path forward. Hosted by Angelica Hill, joined by some wonderful guests: Dominic St-Pierre, Jeff Hernandez, Misha Avrekh, and Jon Sabados.

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Featuring:

Jon Sabados – Website, GitHub, X
Jeff Hernandez – GitHub
Misha Avrekh – GitHub
Dominic St-Pierre – Website, X
Angelica Hill – GitHub, LinkedIn, X
Kris Brandow – GitHub, X

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