A few hard-won lessons from years of shipping software.
Code is communication
You write code far more often than you write it once. Optimize for the next person to read it — usually that’s you, six months from now.
Ship small, ship often
Large changes are risky and hard to review. Small, frequent releases reduce risk and keep momentum.
Understand the problem first
The most expensive bugs come from building the wrong thing well. Slow down at the start to speed up later.
The tools change constantly; these fundamentals don’t.
