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#### [![linkedin-10tip-better-programmer_Purple](https://www.avisi.nl/hubfs/Blog/linkedin-10tip-better-programmer_Purple.png) Gert-Jan van de Streek on 31 May 2019 10 tips to become a better programmer How do you become a better programmer? There's no shortage of blogs and articles on this subject. It's just that I have reached the age where I want to have ...](https://www.avisi.nl/blog/10-tips-to-become-a-better-programmer?hsLang=nl-nl)

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#### [![](https://www.avisi.nl/hubfs/%5BJuist%5D%20Beeldbank%20Compromised/Normaal%20formaat/Work/MG2022_06_29_AVISI_DAG_3_0381.jpg) Gert-Jan van de Streek on 25 January 2017 How code reviews work Since all the real fuss started about pairing and code reviews I’ve only seen one approach in code reviews work really well and that’s pull requests. Pull ...](https://www.avisi.nl/blog/2017/01/25/how-code-reviews-work?hsLang=nl-nl)

## [Rethink databases](https://www.avisi.nl/blog/2016/02/04/rethink-databases?hsLang=nl-nl)

[Gert-Jan van de Streek](https://www.avisi.nl/blog/author/gert-jan-van-de-streek) op 04 February 2016

The classic way that we use databases is oriented towards the amount of available storage that we have for data. It's time to rethink that pattern, now the cost of storage sinks so fast that it must converge to free or nearly free at some point.

## [Homage to coding guidelines authors](https://www.avisi.nl/blog/2016/01/12/homage-to-coding-guidelines-authors?hsLang=nl-nl)

[Gert-Jan van de Streek](https://www.avisi.nl/blog/author/gert-jan-van-de-streek) op 12 January 2016

Code is read much more often than it is written. Guidelines are intended to improve the readability of code and make it consistent across the wide spectrum code. As Python's PEP 20 says, "Readability counts". While we all know how important styleguides are for writing code. We never take time to write one. We always refer to an existing...

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