# Steve Poling: The Real Enemy is Murphy

EP-014 | July 14, 2019 | 32:42



Topics: Security, Architecture


Robby speaks with Steve Poling, Senior Technical Consultant at Excelon Development and long-time Software Developer. Steve describes whether he's team rewrite or team refactor, shares his definition of technical debt, and why uniformity of code matters.





## Show Notes

Robby speaks with Steve Poling, Senior Technical Consultant at Excelon Development and long-time Software Developer. Steve describes whether he's team rewrite or team refactor, shares his definition of technical debt, and why uniformity of code matters.

## Helpful Links:

- Steve Poling [on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-poling/)
- [Excelon Development](http://xndev.com/)
- [Book] [Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software](https://www.amazon.com/Design-Patterns-Object-Oriented-Addison-Wesley-Professional-ebook/dp/B000SEIBB8)
- [Reduce Technical Debt by Using Unit Tests as Documentation](https://www.stickyminds.com/article/reduce-technical-debt-using-unit-tests-documentation)

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