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Code Tidying: The Story of a Backseat Driver
Refactoring CodeSceneLet’s embark on a thought experiment. Envision yourself as a driving virtuoso, conquering city streets with gear shifts smoother than a buttered dolphin on a rainbow.
Co-founder and Software Craftsperson at Incubyte
A tech evangelist and mentor, Sapan has been fuelled by two things in his 15+ year professional career; coffee and his love of designing self-motivated, high-performing and passionate software engineering teams. Being a software craftsperson at heart, he has created and coached teams of over 500 software developers spread across the US and India with the sole objective of forging exceptional software products with an unfettered focus on quality.
Let’s embark on a thought experiment. Envision yourself as a driving virtuoso, conquering city streets with gear shifts smoother than a buttered dolphin on a rainbow.
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