How I make sense of complex backends
How I understand complex backends by identifying system boundaries, making inputs and outputs explicit, and diagramming the data journey.
software engineering
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Code reviewers should push back
Reviewers should ask for smaller PRs or more context when a review is difficult, and authors should welcome that pushback.
Why backend code felt harder to understand
How distributed behavior, hidden execution paths, and knowledge of several systems made backend code harder to understand coming from frontend development.