Stop with cleaning code, first make it work!
22 May 2026
Recently my team has taken on the arduous task of migrating one of our oldest applciations from weblogic to containers. A task that is proving more difficult then expected. With tickets stuck for several weeks and senior devs falling sick, frustration ran high this week.
While trying to figure out why everything is stuck one dev exclaimed "stop cleaning code, first make it work", save to say everyone's attention was captured. With reinforcements coming next sprint we are hopeful that tide will turn soon and we get tickets moving at last.
While trying to figure out why everything is stuck one dev exclaimed "stop cleaning code, first make it work", save to say everyone's attention was captured. With reinforcements coming next sprint we are hopeful that tide will turn soon and we get tickets moving at last.
Demi Van Malcot
Test engineer, Test lead, Quality manager
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I've been in testing since 2023, since then I never stopped learning and taking every opportunity I've come across. From becoming test lead not long after I started, to being a community lead for testing and for AI in at the company I work at. Nowadays I'm learning the ropes of leading with quality as I have added the role of quality manager of my department to my growing list of titles.
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