Throw It Away

Sometimes, in application development, a solution is perpetually “just around the corner.” You make your code more and more complicated, and less and less reliable, always thinking that you’re just about done. When this happens, sometimes it’s best to take a painful step: throw away that work and go with a simpler, dumber solution. That’s what we need to do.

  1. E183Know Your Audience

    Mon, 10 Mar ’14
  2. E184Element Dimensions

    Wed, 12 Mar ’14
  3. E185The Nuclear Option

    Mon, 17 Mar ’14
  4. E186Prepare the Way

    Wed, 19 Mar ’14
  5. E187Down the Rabbit Hole

    Mon, 24 Mar ’14
  6. E188A Fresh Start

    Wed, 26 Mar ’14
  7. E189IE 8 Don’t Play That

    Mon, 31 Mar ’14
  8. E190I Can Haz getComputedStyle()?

    Wed, 2 Apr ’14
  9. E191The Last Resort

    Mon, 7 Apr ’14
  10. E192Throw It Away

    Wed, 9 Apr ’14
  11. E193Fail Fast

    Mon, 14 Apr ’14
  12. E194Appropriate Failure

    Wed, 16 Apr ’14
  13. E195Don’t Allow Mistakes into Production

    Mon, 21 Apr ’14