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Pain Driven Development Pain Driven Development, or PDD, is the practice of writing software in such a way that you only "fix" problems when they are causing pain, rather than trying to preempt every possible issue. Sponsor - DevIQ Thanks to DevIQ for sponsoring this episode! Check out their list of available courses and how-to videos. Show Notes / Transcript Many of you have probably heard of various "DD" approaches to writing software. There's TDD, or Test Driven Development. There's BDD, for Behavior Driven Development. In this tip, I want to introduce you to another one, PDD: Pain Driven Development. Pain Driven Development Software development is full of principles, patterns, and best practices. It can be tempting, especially when you've recently learned about a new way of doing things, to want to apply it widely to maximize its benefits. Some time ago, when XML was a new thing, for instance, Microsoft went all-in with it. They decided to "XML ALL THE THINGS" and in some pla