July 23, 2012

Applying 'Fail Fast' in development
This is a very good read for all developers and it is about how the 'fail fast' approach can help you produce reliable systems.

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Quote for the day:

"Lead and inspire people. Don't try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be lead." —-- Ross Perot

2 comments:

  1. I liked the link labeled ad Applying fail fast in development. It is all about anticipating failures and the developers know it as exception handling. But again expecting or anticipating an exception is something most developers are not good at. So this makes a sense to follow.

    Thanks for the share.

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  2. Raymond,

    Very nice to note that the 'Fail Fast' drew your attention. I cannot agree more than what you say on the need for developers to enhance their skills in anticipating failures, so that they are worked around early on.

    Kannan.

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