

“Redundant comments are just places to collect lies and misinformation.”
― Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
― Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

“All race conditions, deadlock conditions, and concurrent update problems are due to mutable variables.”
― Clean Architecture
― Clean Architecture

“Truth can only be found in one place: the code.”
― Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
― Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
“Businesses frequently prioritize new feature releases over fixing technical debt. They choose to work on revenue-generating work instead of revenue-protection work. This rarely works out as the business hopes, particularly as problems discovered during the final stages of uncompleted projects drag engineers away from the newer projects.”
― Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow
― Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow

“Don’t comment bad code—rewrite it.”
― The Elements of Programming Style
― The Elements of Programming Style
Alexander’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Alexander’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Alexander
Lists liked by Alexander