Christian Beck
Architecture for Raccoons

Architecture for Raccoons

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Christian Beck

I am a software engineer and software architect. I regularly reflect on my doings and try to understand the things i do. And this little blog is me sharing insights from these reflections.

Are we training to write complicated code?

Dec 22, 20214 min read

It is again this time of the year where i find some rest to code just for fun. The last few days i was doing some Codewars katas. When i solve a kata it is not just for the nice feeling of solving a tricky puzzle. It is also a training. So in the beg...

Recap of the Global day of code retreat

Nov 15, 20213 min read

The Global day of code retreat is an annual event which i cherish a lot. Last year it had to be skipped due to the still ongoing pandemic, but this year it was possible to perform such a code retreat thanks to vaccinations and tests. Here i'd like to...

The misunderstanding of code coverage

Nov 3, 202111 min read

Code coverage is an important metric about your code and tests. And like any metric you have to understand the underlying assumptions and computations to understand the value of this metric to use it efficiently. So what is code coverage: Code Cover...

The broken washing machine

Oct 16, 20215 min read

A curious tale about testing

Training on detecting accidental complexity

Oct 4, 20216 min read

Accidental complexity is a huge topic in our industry and it is often cited as a reason for slow development or even failing projects. However the term accidental complexity is a term that is often used, but not very often understood - at least in my...

Lets build a hexagon

Sep 22, 20214 min read

A report about how to learn.