Sandi Metz: Making is Easy, Mending is a Challenge

Robby speaks with author, speaker, and 40-year programming veteran Sandi Metz. They discuss why it's hard to teach maintenance skills, how humans tend to get themselves into messy situations, Sandi's "Rules for Developers", and more. You'll also hear You'll also hear some thoughts on Ruby and Rails, and how Sandi uses the phrase, "Lambs to the Slaughter".

Helpful Links

• Follow Sandi on Twitter
• Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael Feathers
• Refactoring by Martin Fowler
• CodeDevotional project
• Practical Object-Oriented Design
• 99 Bottles
• sandimetz.com
• [Book] Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.

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