97: Legacy in Functional Programming With Eric Normand
Common Lisp was written in the 80s as a kind of an amalgam of the existing Lisps at the time.
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96: The Value of Old with Marianne Bellotti
Software engineers perceive that technology advances in an orderly, linear fashion. This makes the novelties very attractive. However, the reality is that we tend to go through technology in cycles.
95: Staying on Top of Dependency Freshness with Freshli
For most teams, dependency freshness is a pain that is often ignored.
94: Conquering the Fear of Legacy Code With Barry O’Sullivan
When developers talk about what they find exciting, they usually talk about new things. Very little content is about the actual job, about working in the existing system.
93: Trans-Inclusive Design with Erin White
We like to think that technology is our objective and neutral assistant, our faithful lieutenant constrained with science and armed with cold, hard data. But this is incorrect.
92: Measuring Code Quality with Dan Sturtevant
Many analytical models can help you to measure some aspects of the quality of your codebase.
91: Keeping Up with Ruby on Rails with Robby Russell
Ruby on Rails is a fast-moving community and it is not always easy to keep up with it. Given the efficiency of the framework, however, it is well worth trying.
90: Microservices Security with Prabath Siriwardena and Nuwan Dias
Security is a big topic with many facets, and this is especially true for microservices.
89: Legacy Coders with Clive Thompson
In the last episode of 2020, we took a stroll through the little known corridors of coding history with Clive Thompson.
88: Celebrating Our 5th Anniversary with Johanna Rothman
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we work and communicate, some people expected remote work to become more popular.
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Legacy Code Rocks explores the world of modernizing existing software applications.