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Damien Hampton

Damien Hampton

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I'm a software developer trying to build sustainable software using Test Driven Development. I advocate for autonomous teams, continuous learning and failing fast.

What is good software?

May 12, 20231 min read

Good software is that which meets user expectations - both stated (explicit) and assumed (implicit). For example, for a banking app, it is explicit...

Good unit tests and avoiding testing implementation details

May 5, 20231 min read

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What should we aim for?

Apr 28, 20232 min read

We are never going to create perfect software. If we did, it might only be perfect for a brief moment. Requirements change. What is useful now may be...

Hi, I'm Damien....

Apr 24, 20231 min read

Hi, I'm Damien. I've been in the software development industry for over 20 years - rarely far from code - and I still don't know how to write quality...

My journey to engineering manager and leader

Dec 22, 20226 min read

I've been in the tech industry for over 20 years and whilst I've never strayed too far from coding, roughly half of my experience has been in...

My journey to engineering manager and leader

TypeScript function signatures

Oct 25, 20212 min read

Here are four different ways to define a typed function in TypeScript. //A const strLen: (str: string) => number = str => { return...