Developer experience, developer happiness, developer productivity. Three terms that treat symptoms, not causes. Why? Developer experience – how a developer feels when they get to… Read More »Is The Goal of Software Companies to Make Software Engineers Happy?

While writing the first Lovin’ Legacy podcast of ’23, I coined the acronym QUEST. What does it stand for and how is it useful? I… Read More »QUEST: How To Build Great Software

Recording at GOTO 2022 Amsterdam, this is an excellent discussion between James Lewis of Thoughtworks and Kelvin Henney about the impact of complex systems on… Read More »Reducing Complexity in Software Configuration

I discovered this incredible talk from last year by game legend John Romero. In the talk, he picks out his top ten principles for collaboration… Read More »John Romero’s Ten Principles for Building Great Software

Do you feel that your end-to-end testing delivers value? End-to-end tests can take a long time to set up, can be complicated, and are often… Read More »Seeing Double: An Alternative to End-to-End Testing

Have you ever tried the Advent of Code? It’s a fun piece of data processing, problem-solving, software puzzling, and trivia for December and also a… Read More »The Advent of Code and GPT-3

The human brain likes to be rewarded. We get a glow from improvement. The good news is that the tools that we have around us… Read More »Lines of Code: How to Feel Good About Yourself