Note: The following is a conversation between me and ChatGPT 4o. David: Hi ChatGPT, today I’d like to discuss documentation. Keeping documentation up-to-date and comprehensive is essential but can be quite tedious. I’ve heard that AI can help automate and enhance documentation generation. Can you tell me more about that? ChatGPT: Absolutely, David. Documentation is […]
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Note: The following is a conversation between me and ChatGPT 4o. David: Hey ChatGPT, let’s talk about automated code refactoring today. Refactoring is crucial for maintaining code quality over time, but it can be time-consuming and sometimes daunting. I’ve heard that AI can help automate parts of this process. Can you tell me more about
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Note: The following is a conversation between me and ChatGPT 4o. David: Hi ChatGPT, today I’d like to discuss abstractions in software. They’re such a fundamental concept, yet they’re often misunderstood or misapplied. Can we dive deep into why abstractions are important, their benefits, and best practices for using them? ChatGPT: Absolutely, David. Abstractions are
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Note: The following is a conversation between me and ChatGPT 4o. David: Hey ChatGPT, I’ve been thinking about how crucial naming is in programming. Good names for methods, types, and namespaces can make a huge difference in code readability and maintainability. But coming up with the perfect name can be challenging. Can you help with
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Welcome to “The Passionate Programmer”! I’m excited to introduce a new series of blog posts that I believe will help us learn and apply key concepts in software development more effectively. The series is called Chatting with Chat. In this series, I’ll be engaging in deep, insightful conversations with ChatGPT, an advanced AI developed by
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When we build software in an Agile process correctly, we discover that it is actually more efficient and quicker to do high-quality work than in a traditional Waterfall process. This is because a traditional Waterfall process devotes very little time to actually building software, which is where the value is to the customer. We spend
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I think a lot of companies believe that Agile software development is merely a process and that somehow software developers know how to use. But in my experience that is simply not true. The way we build software is different in an iterative process than the way be built software in a traditional Waterfall process.
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I’ve heard a lot of people say that because they are using Agile or Scrum that they don’t need to do design or write documentation—or even think. Nothing is further from the truth! I wrote a post about this in 2011. I called it “The Scrum Excuse” at https://tobeagile.com/2011/06/28/the-scrum-excuse/. Agile software development was created by
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If ever there was a convoluted, misunderstood term in software development, it’s the word “quality.” To some people, quality in software is software that does the right thing. Others say it’s software that’s free of defects. Still others say quality software is software that runs fast. All these things are good but they’re not necessarily
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