Do you want a secret that will make you 10x more productive? Of course you do. As a programmer, you’re designed to look for better, faster, more efficient solutions to all life’s problems. It’s in your nature, and if you could be 10x faster, you would at least be curious. Does This Sound Familiar You start working on a rather large code base. The previous developers did their best to organize the project into nice subfolders, and more subfolders.

Here I want to talk about what a team should do when they start a new project. I’ve had the privilege to architect a large project and to come into several existing projects that have a fair amount of girth. These just a few thoughts about things that need to be established sooner rather than later. Create a glossary (terms that everyone can agree on) This is good for new comers to the project, getting their head around jargon.