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Beekey Cheung

Beekey Cheung is a software engineer with a large amount of enthusiasm for economics and a passion for education. He loves mentoring other programmers and is currently building an application to teach software development fundamentals.

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There Is No Roadmap To Becoming A Software Developer

There Is No Roadmap To Becoming A Software Developer

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Customer Support Makes Better Software

Customer Support Makes Better Software

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Preventing Hero Culture In Software Teams

Preventing Hero Culture In Software Teams

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The Perils of Programming Magic

The Perils of Programming Magic

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AWS Went Down. Now What?

AWS Went Down. Now What?

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Solving Common Concurrency Problems

Solving Common Concurrency Problems

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Interview Performance Does Not Equal Job Performance

Interview Performance Does Not Equal Job Performance

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A Guide To Automated Testing

A Guide To Automated Testing

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Taking Better Debugging Notes

Taking Better Debugging Notes

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Artificial Intelligence and Jobs

Artificial Intelligence and Jobs

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Remote Work Is Not The Best Possible Future

Remote Work Is Not The Best Possible Future

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Personality Tests Don't Belong In Job Interviews

Personality Tests Don't Belong In Job Interviews

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Randomness in Software Estimates

Randomness in Software Estimates

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Can't Be A Software Architect Without Writing Code

Can't Be A Software Architect Without Writing Code

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How Do You Handle Product Specs?

How Do You Handle Product Specs?

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Context Is Essential To Software Design

Context Is Essential To Software Design

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Philosophy of Technology

Philosophy of Technology

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Failing Fast Is Not Enough

Failing Fast Is Not Enough

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Why Are Tests Not Written?

Why Are Tests Not Written?

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Can AI Help Build Software?

Can AI Help Build Software?

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Argh! I need a date/time widget

Argh! I need a date/time widget

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The Right Time For Abstractions

The Right Time For Abstractions

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The Wonder of Human Intelligence

The Wonder of Human Intelligence

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The Role Of Manual Testing

The Role Of Manual Testing

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What Is Money?

What Is Money?

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Abstraction For The Sake Of Abstraction

Abstraction For The Sake Of Abstraction

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Who Tests Code

Who Tests Code

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Backfilling Tests

Backfilling Tests

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Constructive Procrastination

Constructive Procrastination

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The Things That Don't Matter When Building Software

The Things That Don't Matter When Building Software

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When Multitasking Is The Only Option

When Multitasking Is The Only Option

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Do Password Rules Make Us Safer?

Do Password Rules Make Us Safer?

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Dealing With Unknowns In Software Development

Dealing With Unknowns In Software Development

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Interviewing Developers For The Skills You Actually Need

Interviewing Developers For The Skills You Actually Need

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"I Don't Want To Maintain Their Code"

"I Don't Want To Maintain Their Code"

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How Developers Make Their Jobs Harder

How Developers Make Their Jobs Harder

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The Short Term Benefits of Unit Tests

The Short Term Benefits of Unit Tests

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Taking On Technical Debt

Taking On Technical Debt

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Story Points and Time

Story Points and Time

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Thoughts On Front End Architecture

Thoughts On Front End Architecture

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Letting Go of the Edge Cases

Letting Go of the Edge Cases

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The Many Aspects Of A Developer

The Many Aspects Of A Developer

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Tradeoffs Of Time Estimates

Tradeoffs Of Time Estimates

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Performance Vs Scalability

Performance Vs Scalability

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Team of Teams

Team of Teams

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Technology Problems Are People Problems First

Technology Problems Are People Problems First

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All Code Is Technical Debt

All Code Is Technical Debt

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Do You Need To Hire The Best Developers?

Do You Need To Hire The Best Developers?

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Process Is No Substitute For Culture

Process Is No Substitute For Culture

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When Is A Developer's Job Done?

When Is A Developer's Job Done?

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Limits Are As Important As Benefits

Limits Are As Important As Benefits

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Death Marches Aren't Worth It

Death Marches Aren't Worth It

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The Worst Kind of Bugs

The Worst Kind of Bugs

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Software Projects Die By A Thousand Cuts

Software Projects Die By A Thousand Cuts

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Not Everything Needs To Scale

Not Everything Needs To Scale

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Accuracy vs Clarity

Accuracy vs Clarity

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Some Lessons Learned On Mentoring

Some Lessons Learned On Mentoring

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One Reason Startups Can Build Features Fast

One Reason Startups Can Build Features Fast

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Data Modeling Is Important For Product Managers

Data Modeling Is Important For Product Managers

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Take Time To Explain

Take Time To Explain

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