Bram
Devries

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Software engineer
from Belgium 🇧🇪

Growing up in the small town of Tienen is not easy, folks. But somehow Bram struggled through and became a top-notch software engineer.

He is constantly thinking about solutions to help a product remain stable or to enable easy additions of new features or improvements of existing ones. Factoid: he has an identical twin brother, who could easily pass for him on a blue Monday morning.

What's your favourite family tradition?
We usually visit my grandparents at Christmas and on birthdays for coffee and pie.

Which app on your phone or laptop would you label as a must-have for everyone?
Alfred instead of Spotlight: using this third-party productivity and search app has become second nature to me. Spotify for music. iTerm for programming things.

About Bram

Base: Landen (BE)
Studies: Digital Design and Development, Howest Kortrijk
Passions: Building computers, cycling, movies (The Prestige, 2006)

Expertises

Design patterns
Reviewing code
Elasticsearch
PHP
CQRS
Event Sourcing

Articles by Bram

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The cost of the quick fix

Technical debt

Engineering

Leadership

The quick fix isn't cheaper. It's cheaper today. Bram Devries traces how deferred fixes compound into emergencies, and argues that naming the trade-off out loud is the only way to break the cycle.

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