Why I still love Legacy
Almost three years ago I started a podcast without really knowing where it was going. The only thing I knew was that it was good… Read More »Why I still love Legacy
How to be a People Pleaser
Like the washing machine, we all have our time. I started to listen to you back then when you were hearing the talking of the… Read More »How to be a People Pleaser
We Don’t Want Utopia: Just A Stress-free Day at Work
Following up on the ideas I talked about in Writing Software Is a Political Act, I discovered Andrew Harmel-Law’s math blog where I found this… Read More »We Don’t Want Utopia: Just A Stress-free Day at Work
Writing Software is a Political Act
Do you like a rabbit hole? Everyone likes a rabbit hole. I went from Andrew Harmel-Law’s talk Power Structures and their Impact on Software to… Read More »Writing Software is a Political Act
Residues: Time, Change, and Uncertainty in Software Architecture – Barry O’Reilly
If you’re lucky, once in a while something connects with you in a fundamental way. I’m lucky enough to have had the pleasure of having… Read More »Residues: Time, Change, and Uncertainty in Software Architecture – Barry O’Reilly
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
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
Software Engineering – the social side of programming
If you’ve thought about “how we develop software” at all then you might know that some people consider computer programming to be an art, some… Read More »Software Engineering – the social side of programming
The Why of Building Software
I’ve been writing my upcoming talk for FOSDEM and it’s made me confront the last twenty-five years or so that I’ve been professionally developing software.… Read More »The Why of Building Software