M. Scott Ford

M. Scott Ford

Ashland, Virginia, United States
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I love fixing and maintaining existing applications. So much so, that I built a team of…

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  • From Zero to Tests

    How to get started when your codebase has no automated tests. I often encounter software projects that have absolutely…

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  • Does Your Team Prevent You From Refactoring?

    There was a good discussion during yesterday’s Legacy Code Rocks virtual meetup. It centered around coping with teams…

  • The Tightrope Walker: A Metaphor

    “How did it get this bad?! How could anyone on my team have thought this was okay?” -- Anonymized Client Over the…

  • Open Source Sustainability

    Open source software is awesome. And I depend on it for quite a lot.

  • Stop Treating Digital Weapons Like Biological Weapons

    NPR's David Greene interviewed former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff on NPR this morning to chat about…

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    Richmond, Virginia Area

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    Remote member on a distributed team

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    Remote team member on a distributed team

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    Virginia Tech

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    Activities and Societies: Marching Virginians

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  • English

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  • German

    Elementary proficiency

  • Japanese

    Elementary proficiency

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