Sticking Plasters on Sticking Plasters
Sometimes you don’t realise you’re in an engineering hole, ever. You keep on applying the next fix – be it code, be it a system,… Read More »Sticking Plasters on Sticking Plasters
Are You An Engineer or A Dreamer?
I almost called this article – The Anti Engineer – but I don’t want to piss off those who consider themselves software engineers. That’s not… Read More »Are You An Engineer or A Dreamer?
Do You Have To Use Innovative Technology?
After you have completed a few projects, you realise that there is something important called “appropriate technology choice”. But, and this is the thing, there… Read More »Do You Have To Use Innovative Technology?
Some People Like To Fight Fires
There is something heroic about being a fire fighter, but you can’t build a whole software company out of those who get a kick out… Read More »Some People Like To Fight Fires
How To Know When Your Backlog Sucks
In Friday’s email I sent a list of things that can slow down your software delivery. While there are many technical reasons why this can… Read More »How To Know When Your Backlog Sucks
Is Your CI Doing Valuable Work?
In yesterday’s article I discuss some of the things that could be tripping you up on the way to production. Your continuous integration platform (CI)… Read More »Is Your CI Doing Valuable Work?
How Easily Can You Deliver New Features?
Can you regularly get your features into production when you want them? Can you expect to deliver something completely new in next-to-no time? The typical… Read More »How Easily Can You Deliver New Features?
Software Delivery Club Pod: Between Product and Engineering
In this episode, I talk about the way that technology, tools and architecture can affect the product that you are building. As engineers do we… Read More »Software Delivery Club Pod: Between Product and Engineering
The Power of the Business Case
We all want to get stuff done, right? But how do we get stuff done? We can small-picture, zoom-in on our todo list or do… Read More »The Power of the Business Case
Pull Requests cause Friction
Think about how we can improve our interactions in the sometimes emotional world of software engineering. Do Pull Requests make sense in our modern way… Read More »Pull Requests cause Friction