Transition from user to developer through consistent notation, table-based architecture, global constants, and self-documenting logic.

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Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...