Recently, a new guy has joined my team and is in the process of taking over one of the systems that’s currently in my control. The guy, as most of the other people in my workplace, is the product of the organization’s own “Java School” (“WHY?”, you’re yelling to yourself? That has to do with [...]

Recently I started the process of handing one of my projects to a new programmer. The guy’s OK and has talent, but is very inexperienced and hasn’t had a chance to write real, production-quality code.
My general approach is usually talking about the purpose of the project, then architecture. Afterwards I talk about the purposes of [...]