My first meaningful code was in Modula-2 and then C and C++ in grad school.  

All these were strongly typed languages.  

I remember naming member variables m_iPrice m for member, i for integer, etc. 

That’s when IDEs gave you no support in remembering what was what.

After that, I think I may hav...

I'm excited to share some news with you.

I'm launching a brand new course called "Bottlenecks to Breakthroughs: Master Effective Software Delivery".

This is a fresh adventure for me, and while I'm super thrilled, I won't lie, there's a bit of butterflies-in-the-stomach feeling too. 🦋

Let me give ...

I'm back for another year of "Advent of Code" challenges! 🌟

If you haven't heard of it, it's a month-long coding frenzy where people tackle a fresh two-part problem every day.

The thrill? Competing against your friends (or peers worldwide) for the speediest solution and bragging rights. 🏁

Now, he...

If you're aiming for your teams to deliver value rapidly, fostering their autonomy is key.

Consider this: frequent cross-team meetings and decision-making processes can hinder swift progress.

A logical starting point involves examining fundamental constraints:

1️⃣ Team Structure: Defining clear o...

Ever heard these statements in your team meetings?

➢ “For this project, it makes sense to have a long running branch because…”
➢ “It does not make sense to have automated tests for this code, because…”
➢ “We need to deploy this service manually because…”
➢ “The smallest possible deliverable here will ...

I upgraded some tooling yesterday, and since it affected the code writing process (very far “left”), I was ~50% faster to getting my code to be good with the new tooling.

Which leaves me wondering why I didn’t do that sooner… 🤯

Happy Friday!!!

Technical debt is often likened to a credit card 💳: borrow now, pay back later.

The key notion is that tech debt is something you eventually pay back.

But here's the catch: it's rarely repaid. 😮‍💨

Imagine a poorly managed country endlessly borrowing until bankruptcy.

That's the true nature of te...

There is a paradox in planning, where the most crucial decisions often need to be made early when you possess the least amount of information.

👉 “Strategic Procrastination” thus can be a counterintuitive yet effective strategy.

Here's how it can work for you:

1️⃣ Preparation is Key: Begin by mapp...

In the realm of building scalable systems and architectures, a common focus is often on increasing transactions per second. However, this narrow perspective can occasionally lead us into a corner, especially when other dimensions of scalability demand attention.

Consider this: scalability isn't jus...

1. “I didn’t have time to write unit tests”
2. Long running feature branches
3. “This was too small/simple to need unit tests”
4. Merge commits
5. “That won’t work because this PR is too big”
6. Sprint-end merge parties 🤬
7. “What’s a rebase?”
8. [merges PR] “It’s done now”

Happy Friday!!!