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Back to streaming, with notes from yesterday's stream: https://ted.dev/articles/2026/03/23/live-coding-journal-mar-23-2026/

I chatted about consistency boundaries, missing-event heuristics, and encoding (serializing) events.

#EventSourcing #Java #TDD

https://www.kindness.city/blog/2026-03-22-care.html

A bit of a ranty blog today.

I really want to write software that's actually good.

Increasingly, I believe the trick to doing this isn't #types, or #proglang , or formal methods, or #agile, or #XP, or #TDD, or any other fancy technique, process, or technology. It's Care.

And the reason most software still sucks? It's not stupidity, and it's not because everyone else has been duped by the "wrong" development ideology (waterfall, formal methods, agile, etc). It's the Market.

Here's what #openbsd , #slackware, and #emacs are teaching me about taking the time to work on what matters.

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Finding a failing test 🚨, coming back from the ☕️ break, feels just so ✅ .

- I know where I left off
- I know what to continue with
- I get back into the flow within seconds
- no need to search and analyze the git history
- it 💡 enlightens me and lets me continue where i left off

also when doing hashtag#PHP 😎

#unittest #testing #tdd #engineering #workflow #productive

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black font on red bg saying "failed"

The pivotal session that is helping me see a path forward for AI-augmented test-driven development.

(Video is a bit rough 'n' ready, but packed with insights...er, once we got going...)

#AIdevelopment #LLMs #agentic #TDD #softwaredevelopment

https://youtu.be/Oz3KS9-Yohg

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In fact, tooling hasn’t ever made much of an impact in these areas at all, especially compared to disciplined practice on the part of collaborative knowledge workers. That’s why we’ve invented #UCD, #agile, #TDD... all of these are habits of complexity-tending, and they’re what disposes systems toward producing value, if anything does. 6/7 #AI #software

RE: https://discuss.systems/@SoCraTes_UK/116165956780268806

really excited to be going to this…

#tdd #Refactoring

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UK #dotnet #csharp #sqlserver lead/senior developer with over 15 years’ experience looking for new permanent role if possible. Would consider temporary contract.

#AspDotNet #mvc #blazor #entityframework #azure #tdd #agile #Git

Looking for hybrid role in London, Cambridge, Essex, or Hertfordshire. Also interested in fully-remote UK or European roles.

#FediHire #getfedihired

Developers often see TDD primarily as a testing technique, missing its potential to guide design. @davefarley77 talk showed how shifting focus allows TDD to actively shape software architecture and foster better code structure. It's about using TDD to drive design, not just validate it.

Watch or listen: https://virtualddd.com/sessions/tdd-as-a-design-tool-with-dave-farley/

#TDD #SoftwareDesign #DevPractices

Does anyone in the UK actually use TDD (that's Test Driven Development, for the uninitiated)?

I see it mentioned on a lot of job adverts, but when you talk to the people there, it's all a bit "Well, we like our employees to have that skill, but we don't actually want them to use it". Obviously! That would be crazy...

I find TDD to be incredibly effective, not just in testing the code, but in guiding the design and development of the solution towards higher quality results.

I actually learnt TDD from a manager while employed, but that was in New Zealand. Ever since I've been working back in the UK, my managers seem to think testing in general is a waste of time and money.

#tdd #softwaredevelopment #softwareengineering

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On Monday's live coding #Java stream, I finished the UI for "Reschedule Concert". I cheated a bit and reused some existing screens, but hey, this is an example/learning app (despite its ever-increasing scope!).

I also compare my "Olive" #TDD Tests with Kent Beck's Test List.

A while ago, I was asked whether one should use Inside-Out TDD or Outside-In TDD. At first glance, it might seem important to choose one approach over the other. However, this isn’t the case at all. Inside-Out and Outside-In TDD are not mutually exclusive. There’s no need to rigidly commit to just one. Instead, we should practice and master both approaches to develop an intuitive sense, a *gut instinct*, for when to apply a certain approach. (1/2)

#tdd #unittests #testing #softwaredesign

Tempted to get a couple of new cards printed to put into my #TDD Game (https://tdd.cards):

"LLM Wrote Too Much Code" and "LLM Wrote Your Tests"

These would both be "negative" cards in the game. The way to "resolve" those cards would be a "Refactoring" card, or a "Revert".

Leanpub Book LAUNCH 🚀 The Other Half of Coding: What they Didn't Teach You by Max Guernsey, III

This is our second launch video for this now-completed book!

Watch here:

https://youtu.be/4W1KGptucBg

#books #leanpublishing #selfpublishing #booklaunch #programming #TDD #BDD #coding #softwareengineering #refactoring

Leanpub book LAUNCH 🚀 The Other Half of Coding: What they Didn't Teach You by Max Guernsey, III

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In fact, I got so into the flow writing the notes that I missed my normal dinner time!

You can catch up on the notes (#EventSourcing, #Java, #TDD) so far:

https://ted.dev/articles/2026/02/04/live-coding-journal-feb-4-2026/
https://ted.dev/articles/2026/02/05/live-coding-journal-feb-5-2026/

And catch me live (Mon-Thu, 8pm UTC) at https://jitterted.stream/

I’m happy to announce my workshop, ‘𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭-𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭’ on 21 𝐚𝐧𝐝 22 𝐌𝐚𝐲 2025 at 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐩. This two-day, hands-on workshop blends theory with practice in a real-world codebase. You'll be collaborating together with fellow attendees to master the art of writing loosely coupled and highly maintainable automated developer tests.

(1/2)

#tdd #unittests #softwaredesign #softwarecrafting

It's here! I hold in my hand @RobMyers's new book "Essential Test-Driven Development"!

A long time coming, but thrilled for Rob that it's finally out into the world!

#TDD

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Picture of Ted holding a paperback copy of Rob Myers' book titled "Essential Test-Driven Development".

RE: https://mastodon.social/@RobMyers/115980182722512158

My physical copy arrives tomorrow! At some point I hope to get your autograph on it. 😊

#TDD

RE: https://mastodon.social/@bosslogic/115984174298880765

“#TDD and #BDD aren’t really about testing at all. They’re about feedback loops and thinking clearly about intent before implementation.”

Intent first!

Your project has 2,000 tests—and nobody knows which are #JUnit4. Jean Donato explains how @OpenRewrite and Dependency Analyzer help you migrate safely, step by step.

Stay sane during test refactors: https://javapro.io/2025/09/10/mastering-junit-navigating-between-old-and-new-versions-for-a-smarter-test-strategy/

#Java #TDD #CleanCode #JAVAPRO #Refactoring

Что читать и смотреть в 2026. Эпичная подборка для разрабов, лидов, CTO и архитекторов

По просьбе подписчика моего ТГ-канала публикую список источников для самоподготовки. Легендарные вещи, полностью изменившие мои взгляды на индустрию.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/986832/

#источники #книги #доклады #видео #статьи #agile #xp #экстремальное_программирование #tdd #ddd

However, developers are often conditioned to believe that their work should always involve complexity.
“Easy things? Is that a joke? We’re software engineers! Complexity is our trade.”

This is one of the main reasons why many people are turned off by Test-Driven Development. But if you can move past this mindset, you’ll be in a much better place. I favour small, ridiculous steps over larger steps that feed into complexity any day.

#tdd #testdrivendevelopment #unittests #softwaredesign

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Our lovely countryside venue: https://www.miltonoxfordshire.co.uk

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Leanpub Book LAUNCH 🚀 The Other Half of Coding: What they Didn't Teach You by Max Guernsey, III

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When figuring out what was needed for "find all events after a given checkpoint", that was on the Discovery/Design side of #TDD. Once I had that defined (an interface and 2 implementations), then I could move completely into implementation, using the tests to take safe steps.

On my #Java live coding stream today, when implementing the JDBC implementation of my Event Store, I talked about doing #TDD for Discovery and Design (learning about what the desired behavior should be), vs. implementing a known behavioral specification.

https://jitterted.stream

Remember that the “Red” (failing test) part of #TDD is the perfect time to make sure the failure message is useful, instead of the less than helpful “expected actual to not be null”.

#UnitTesting