Ryan's Tech Blog

I know the code for my new feature works because:

1. I wrote it
2. my IDE doesn’t underline anything in red
3. my linting program doesn’t report any issues
4. my runtime / compiler reports no syntax/compile errors
5. the runtime / compiler on my build server reports no syntax/compile errors from a fresh checkout
6. automated tests for my feature pass
7. all automated tests pass
8. all automated tests pass when run by my build server from a fresh checkout
9. I peer-reviewed the code for my new feature
10. I manually tested the new feature
11. I manually tested other features and they still work
12. Someone else manually tested the new feature
13. Someone else manually tested other features and they still work
14. I deployed it to production
15. it’s been in production for an hour
16. it’s been in production for a day
17. it’s been in production for a week
18. it’s been in production for a month
19. it’s been in production for a year