Worth Reading

While I'm working on my next big post, here are a few things worth reading.

Scott Rosenberg's post on ambiguity was right on. Ambiguity is a double edged sword - it can make things elegant, or intractable. Scott's insight is very sharp, as usual.

Last year, Basil Vandegriend put out a concise and helpful post on writing good unit tests. Most people agree tests are important, but many do not know precisely how to make them work. Basil addresses real issues, and gives good advice. I wish I had read this ten years ago.

Basil's latest post on the top five essential practices for writing software is also bang on. It is a quick must read for programmer trying to make the leap from just coding to professional software development.