The Successful Platform is a Product
“A platform isn’t always planned. It can be an engineering reaction to an organisational constraint.” I gave a talk this week in Amsterdam about how… Read More »The Successful Platform is a Product
Daniel Pink’s “Drive” and what Self-Determination Theory (SDT) really says
Reading books is sometimes not just for fun; sometimes, you get a connection you need to investigate further. Daniel Pink’s bestselling book “Drive” is somewhere… Read More »Daniel Pink’s “Drive” and what Self-Determination Theory (SDT) really says
Are pipelines an effective way to build high quality software?
We all want to build better software faster and more reliably. Many valuable simple improvements in code practice, design and process are easy to spot… Read More »Are pipelines an effective way to build high quality software?
ADHD and Avoiding Toxic Productivity with Jesse Anderson
I recently wrote about Avoiding Toxicity when it comes to developer productivity. I’ve also been doing some research into ADHD following a recent diagnosis in… Read More »ADHD and Avoiding Toxic Productivity with Jesse Anderson
How to Embrace Complexity and Uncertainty in Programming
or more accurately: “How to Train Your Brain to Handle Complexity and Uncertainty” This is part 2 of a 3-part series following my earlier post… Read More »How to Embrace Complexity and Uncertainty in Programming
Why Developer Productivity is the Wrong Question
“I can see why measuring productivity is so seductive. If we could do it we could assess software much more easily and objectively than we… Read More »Why Developer Productivity is the Wrong Question
How To Build a Successful Platform Team
In an ideal world, there would be no technical debt. No legacy. We could build whatever we like and then throw it away when we… Read More »How To Build a Successful Platform Team
Azure DevOps YAML pipelines: The land of confusion
Coming from the open-source world, you’re probably used to GitHub actions and being able to set up your pipelines quickly. No drama. Nice and simple.… Read More »Azure DevOps YAML pipelines: The land of confusion
When You Are Doing Devops
As any software engineer knows, naming is often the most challenging thing we do. I’ve struggled with naming things over the last twenty months. Here… Read More »When You Are Doing Devops
Avoiding Toxicity: How to Manage Cognitive Load
Less than a year ago, I read Team Topologies for the first time. I was immediately struck by how it aligned with my experiences of… Read More »Avoiding Toxicity: How to Manage Cognitive Load