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“Last week I was listening to a podcast on Hanselminutes, with Robert Martin talking about the SOLID principles... They all sounded to me like extremely bureaucratic programming that came from the mind of somebody that has not written a lot of code, frankly.”

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Joel Spolsky
Joel Spolsky

Joel Spolsky is a renowned software engineer and entrepreneur, born in 1965. He is known for his profound insights and rich practical experience in the field of software development. Spolsky worked as a software engineer at Microsoft, where he participated in the development of several well-known products, including Excel and Word. Later, he founded Fog Creek Software and Trello, both of which achieved great success. more

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