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According to 2023 DORA report, knowledge sharing has a positive impact on software delivery & organizational performance. An effective knowledge-sharing process is a balanced combination of both tacit (oral transmission) and explicit (codified & written) sharing, where questions are answered once, and the information is available to others; it’s a process where capitalization is key...

In the fast-paced and ever-evolving world of software development, adopting best practices is essential to ensure efficient and high-quality results. Best practices encompass a set of guidelines and methodologies that have been proven to yield optimal outcomes.  However, more than merely recognizing these best practices is required; you need to integrate them into your development...

In 2008, GitHub revolutionized how we approached code by introducing its Pull-Request model for code reviews. Initially adopted by open-source projects, they were used as checks to review the code from possibly anonymous contributors and make sure they made the product better. Fast forward to today, while this model has been widely adopted, its potential...

This story is an interview with Marc Trabucato, Lead Engine Programmer at Ubisoft Montpellier. Hi Marc, can you describe the project you’re working on at Ubisoft, and your mission there? I’ve worked at Ubisoft for 25 years now. I started as a developer and then became a software architect and trainer. About the context, the...

Code review is one of the most established processes in software engineering. Recent studies indicate that almost 90% of IT companies practice it. The emergence of AI technologies brings since 2022 new tools to improve the code review experience. While its maturity has unveiled some common code reviews best practices, it also emphasized several frustrations...

We just released a new update for Promyze. This release brings major upgrades to automatic suggestions and detection of your best coding practices. 🚀 Semgrep custom rules support to detect your practices Promyze now embeds Semgrep Engine, an open-source static analysis tool, to offer a convenient way to write patterns against abstractions of Abstract Syntax Tree (AST). With Semgrep, you...

In software engineering organizations, there’s this challenge to define, record and spread best coding practices and standards across teams. This brings consistency to source code and improves its maintainability. It also avoids bottlenecks and endless discussions during code reviews on a given coding practice. A common approach to this challenge is building a knowledge base...

In 2023, there should be no debate about the added value of great documentation in software projects. Software engineers should have access to the appropriate knowledge base, depending on the resource type and when they need it. Technical documentation for software developers can take many forms, including evergreen documentation (e.g., procedures for setting up a...

Our platform Promyze is developed in a Client-Server model with a Front side developed in TS and React, while our back-end relies on Node.js. To give some context, the code base started 3 years ago, and we’ve always been a small team with max. 4 developers working on the code simultaneously. We currently have 156...