Engineering for Software

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Argues software engineering means optimizing for learning and managing complexity using two concrete tools: Testability & Speed. Shows TDD via red green refactor and a tiny DI example (car injects engine) that immediately improves modularity, cohesion and testability. Recommends a commit-to-releasable deployment pipeline that gives design feedback under five minutes and full releasability checks under an hour. Advises pair programming for knowledge spread and keeping infrastructure <8 months old to remove >95% of common attack surface.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 8:58All Engineering is not the same!
3. 11:59Optimise for Learning
4. 19:39A Practical Definition for "Good Code"?
5. 21:19Principles of Applying Engineering Thinking
6. 24:49What Drives Quality? - Before TDD
7. 26:52What Makes Code Testable?

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