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Torie Joy-Warren

What Brain Science Can Teach Us About Writing Good Code

Developers frequently debate how we can simplify code, make it more readable, or otherwise reduce the cognitive and mental load¹ of the…

Jan 6, 2023

Jan 6, 2023

Torie Joy-Warren

Make Code Ignorable: What Brain Science Can Teach Us About Writing Good Code, Part 1

“Make code ignorable” is one of the first pieces of advice I ever received in a code review (thank you, Jeff). It’s also advice backed up…

Jan 6, 2023

Jan 6, 2023

Torie Joy-Warren

Always Use Full Variable Names: What Brain Science Can Teach Us About Writing Good Code, Part 2

It’s hard to find code that doesn’t use shortened variable names. Developers often use e instead of error, tx instead of transaction, and…

Jan 5, 2023

Jan 5, 2023

Torie Joy-Warren

Establish and Adhere to Conventions: What Brain Science Can Teach Us About Writing Good Code, Part…

Establishing and adhering to conventions may not seem like a revelatory suggestion for your codebase, but the frequency with which we fail…

Jan 5, 2023

Jan 5, 2023

Torie Joy-Warren

Avoid Conventions That Require Meaningless Deviation

What Brain Science Can Teach Us About Writing Good Code, Part 4

Jan 5, 2023

Jan 5, 2023

Torie Joy-Warren

Horizontal vs. Vertical Databases

When someone refers to a database as “vertical” or “horizontal” they are referring to the type of data structure a database uses to store…

Jan 5, 2023

Data table with a “User ID column”, a “Name” column, and an “E-mail” column

Jan 5, 2023

Torie Joy-Warren

Introduction to Interfaces in Golang

What is an interface?

Jan 4, 2023

Jan 4, 2023

Torie Joy-Warren

SQL Injection in Rails

SQL injection is one of the most common security vulnerabilities in software. In 2017, The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)…

Jan 4, 2023

Jan 4, 2023

Torie Joy-Warren

Torie Joy-Warren

Hey there! 👋 I'm a software engineer based in Toronto, Canada. Apart from coding, I'm also a book lover, cyclist, neuroscience enthusiast, and soccer fan.

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