MehdiKhalili

I agree. A startup really doesn't have to build their own credit card processing solution.

WRT PCI DSS it's not very hard to comply. Some 7 years ago in a company that persisted everything about customers we changed the system for compliance within two weeks.

Couldn't agree more

I have explained Behavior Driven Development and its benefits here http://www.mehdi-khalili.com/bdd-to-the-rescue.

Hope it helps.

That was in the MVP (minimum viable product) section. I also referred to an old post of mine, on bad code http://www.mehdi-khalili.com/bad-code, where I explain that in great details. I hope you find that useful.

Fair comment. I actually do that very often (e.g. CI and CD in http://www.mehdi-khalili.com/continuous-integration-delivery...).

I guess the reason I didn't do it for BDD was that I have written a lot of posts about Behavior/Test Driven Development and incorrectly assumed that my readers know about that. My mistake. It's fixed now. Thanks.

Not at all. The post was published by AddThis and I didn't realize the issue. I am glad it was highlighted so I could fix it sooner than later. Thanks.

I work for ThoughtWorks and here is how they hire: http://www.mehdi-khalili.com/joining-thoughtworks It's a pretty involved process but the result is relatively flawless.

Like you I love to look at code and IMO that's where OSS (Open Source Software) shines because people contribute to OSS when they feel passionate; so that should be a good indicator. I also get candidates to submit coding puzzles and later get them to change it while I am looking over their shoulders!

RE "I need you to be able to at least do an acceptable job regardless" Until recently I thought I can always write awesome code; but it's not until we're brought down to our knees that we appreciate how personal issues could impact everything in our lives.

It's AddThis. Fixed. Thanks guys.