feature development

Is It Normal to Spend Hours Understanding an Unfamiliar Codebase Before Adding a Feature?

I'm a Python programmer who was given a project written entirely in C#. I'm comfortable reading code, but I'm unfamiliar with the C# ecosystem and the project has…

Is It Normal to Spend a Long Time Understanding an Unfamiliar C# Codebase?

I'm a Python programmer who was given a project written entirely in C#. I don't mind reading through it, but I'm unfamiliar with the C# ecosystem, so progress…

What's Going on with Heroku's Feature Development?

Recently, Heroku announced a shift to a sustaining engineering model, which they said would mean no new features would be developed. However, they have since released new features…