22: Corey Haines - The 4 Rules of Simple Design

In this episode, Adam talks to Corey Haines, author of "Understanding the 4 Rules of Simple Design". They talk about the importance of low-level design decisions, tricks for naming things well, why you shouldn't model your objects after the real world, and of course, Active Record.

Show Notes

This episode is brought to you by Hired.

• Hearken
• Understanding the 4 Rules of Simple Design
• Corey's Blog
• Corey's post on comparing test run speeds
• Refactoring to Patterns by Josh Kerievsky
• Maintaing Balance While Reducing Duplication by David Chelimsky
• J.B. Rainsberger on The Four Elements of Simple Design
• Sponsored by Hired

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A podcast for developers interested in building great software products. Every episode, Adam Wathan is joined by a guest to talk about everything from product design and user experience to unit testing and system administration.