Can Claude Code Modernize My Legacy Codebase? And repurpose this 25-year-old C++ code

How Claude Code helped me modernize, unit test, and revive my 25-year-old legacy C++ code for a Swift project.

#Cpp #Swift #ClaudeCode #LegacyCode

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Confessions of a Workaholic Software Developer Pt. 2 “Just a few more years, and I’ll be where I want to be.”

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Agentic Coding in XCode 26.3 And how to set up multiple providers and models

Setting up multiple providers for Agentic AI in XCode 26.3 (including locally hosted).

#AI #AgenticAI #XCode #SoftwareDevelopment

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Claude Opus Changed My Mind About AI Coding My dismissals were true until they weren’t

It took years for me to trust AI for coding in production with a million+ lines C++ codebase (outside of Tab completion and unit tests). Here’s why.

#AI #AgenticAI #SoftwareDevelopment

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The Unreproducible Bug Why “it works on my machine” is a tempting cop out

Most of us have had that time when nobody in-house could reproduce an important customer bug.

#SoftwareEngineering #debugging

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Moving On From a Programming Job Was Always My Choice…Until Now! It’s my turn after surviving tech job WFRs for 18 years.

After surviving unscathed from 18 years, I’m now part of the recent big tech layoffs. Can’t be irreplaceable forever, ig.

#BigTechLayoffs #WorkforceReduction #WFR #SoftwareDevelopment

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From Established Developer to Full-Time Dad and Back An overdue journey and how I’ve managed

Staff Developer to full-time Dad, and back.

#Programmer #SoftwareDevelopment #PaternityLeave #Parent

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The Day My Dream Job Became a Nightmare And has haunted me years after

Have you ever had a great job and watch it implode?

#SoftwareDevelopment #Career #DreamJob #Nightmare

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We Had No Issue Tracker Each story was a sticky note. Each bug was an automated test.

“If ‘agile’ were still a meaningful word, not a capitalist religion.”

#SoftwareDevelopment #agile #Productivity

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Elitism in Software Development 11 things I’ve encountered, on one side of it or the other

From the “I did it the hard way, so everyone else is invalid” crowd. Break the cycle.

#SoftwareDevelopment #programming #elite #Gatekeepers

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How Writing About Programming Has Changed Me In good, bad, and unexpected ways

Writing about software development has helped me understand it, and myself, a little better.

#softwaredevelopers #programmer #writing

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SOLID Skeptic? Learn SRP and Unit Testing And other best practices will follow

If I can only teach you one SOLID principle, it would be SRP…so long as you test.

#SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareDevelopment #TDD

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Going back to C++ was hard I had to rediscover patience after using faster-paced languages

An honest reflection on C++ from a polyglot developer.

#SoftwareDevelopment #cpp #programmer

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Confessions of a Workaholic Software Developer Dreams, deadlines and invisible overtime

Working late or extra has long been normalized in software development. How do you feel about work-life balance?

#programmer #SoftwareDevelopment #overtime #addiction

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A Senior Developer was nearly offended by this take on test automation What if it were the norm for feature developers?

End-user test automation ensures your software behaves as designed. BDD focuses on clearly defining user scenarios of software behaviour so that it can be measured.

#Development #TestAutomation #BDD

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I Asked AI How Much My Software Development Experience is Worth It was flattering and nearly realistic

Can AI guess how much my Software Developer salary is?

#developer #salary #LLM

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I’m a middle-aged developer, and my time to shine has sunset How I move forward, long past my prime

Middle-aged developers contribute differently than their younger selves. Or, at least that’s true for me.

#SoftwareEngineering #programmer #CareerDevelopment

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Reasons Good Developers Leave Software Companies Knowing your value and walking away

Why developers leave software companies.

#developer #Careers #quitting #change #movingon

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How I Wish I Spent My Parental Leave What I’d do again and what I’d do better.

Parental leave passes by so quickly.

#parenting #parentaeave #paternityleave #family #firsttimeparent

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How much is a good childhood worth? The sky-high cost of a North American dream

It’s going to cost an arm and a leg to raise our daughter in Vancouver, but there are many perks.

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#housingcrisis #vancouver #newparent

Beloved Vancouver Cycling Routes and Greenways My cycling staples in and around Vancouver

Getting to know cycling in Vancouver? Here are my go-to routes, and my opinions on them.

#bicycle #cycling #RoadCycling #vancouverbc #yvr #UrbanPlanning

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Ways I’ve Changed After Years of Working From Home And still going strong, 5 years after the start of the pandemic

How working from home for 5 years affected me. The good, the bad, and the hybrid.

#wfh #workfromhome #career #softwaredevelopment

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I Didn’t Expect This Before Becoming a Parent You can prepare, but you’re never fully ready.

I'm learning new things about my infant daughter and her world every day.

#girldad #baby #newparent #parenting #growth

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Become an Effective Communicator as a Developer Navigating communication in the corporate environment can be tricky

Working mostly inside our heads, Software Developers can’t always be the best communicators. When we become self-aware of our misgivings, we can promise ourselves to do better.

#SoftwareDevelopment #Programmer #communication #careergrowth

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I Put My Six-Figure Career on Pause for Paternity Leave It isn’t as I expected, but it’s what I needed

Is it weird for the father to take parental leave when their baby is born? It shouldn’t be.

#careers #parenting #paternityleave #newparent

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I Used to Be a Quiet Software Developer Now I’m quiet when I need to be. I aim to speak with purpose.

I was like an old stereotype: a nerd who wants to work in a quiet corner and not be seen or bothered.

#SoftwareDevelopment #programmer #quiet

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10 Ways I’ve Instantly Changed When Becoming A New Parent Saying goodbye to the old me in the best way possible

How I instantly changed when I became a father.

#parenthood #fatherhood #firsttimeparent #family #personalgrowth

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Bicycle Safety Cycling and want to stay safe? Here’s how…

Road safety on your bicycle.

#cycling #bicycles #roadsafety #vélo #transportation

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Traits to Admire in a Teammate Software developers need to dial these in

Traits in software developers that are great to work with.

#softwaredeveloper #traits #programmers #teamwork

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