Software development

A little less talking

8 April 2021

Communication is the core of software development. We shape our solutions through conversations with customers, stakeholders and colleagues. We evolve architecture through debate and discussions. We write code to talk...

Quality isn’t good enough

26 February 2021

A professional software developer needs to balance quality and deadlines. That shouldn't be a controversial statement, but these days, it seems to be one. Whenever I discuss this topic, I'm always met...

How to ask for help

19 October 2020

Software development is hard. When you're just getting started, the task sometimes seems insurmountable. You're not just missing a few pieces of the puzzle. You don't know what the picture...

One size fits none

4 October 2020

Let's pretend we're starting a car company. If we want to build a luxury model, that's going to be reflected in our workflow. We'll focus on hand-made components and meticulous...

Inside customer fallacy

10 May 2020

Let's think of a restaurant. The kitchen is small and understaffed. There are 5 tables and they each have ordered something different. All of them expect to be served ASAP...

Delivery is discovery

5 April 2020

Back in the 90's we had the dream of the Software Factory. Smart people would distil requirements. They would think very hard about the problem and would write down a...

New year, old stack

12 January 2020

Attracting software developers remains a hot topic. There is no easy solution and in some cases, it can really block the growth of your organisation. I was talking with a company...

Pragmatic Software Development

29 November 2019

Software developers constantly make trade-offs. Picking an opinionated framework speeds up delivery, but makes it harder to build non-conventional features. Larger payloads vs multiple requests. Does this project benefit from...