Your Code as a Crime Scene - Use Forensic Techniques to Arrest Defects, Bottlenecks, and Bad Design in Your Programs

In the realm of software development, identifying and resolving defects, inefficiencies, and poor design decisions is a persistent challenge. The approach taken by Adam Tornhill in this work reimagines debugging and code quality analysis by borrowing methods from forensic science. By treating codebases as crime scenes, developers can apply data-driven investigative techniques to uncover the root causes of software problems and enhance maintainability.

• Code as a Crime Scene: Conceptualizing software projects as crime scenes allows for a methodical examination of the 'evidence' — the code changes and history — rather than only inspecting the...

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