What I learned from the book Software Engineering at Google

A detailed breakdown of key lessons from the book 'Software Engineering at Google', covering the distinction between programming and engineering, Hyrum's Law, the Beyoncé Rule, shift-left testing, why mocking frameworks are discouraged in favor of fakes, code review best practices, small frequent releases, dependency management, the GSM productivity framework, and engineering culture. The post also includes honest admissions from the authors about what doesn't work even at Google, and closes with practical takeaways applicable to teams of any size.