The Passive-Aggressive Pull Request
When I first wrote this post, in May 2024, I was reacting to a visceral experience I’d just had at work. As was my way… Read More »The Passive-Aggressive Pull Request
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Why Did I Write a Novel about IT and Software Engineering?
When I look at my career trajectory, it’s a bit like a misfiring rocket. I started as a passionate techie, then became a stone-cold contractor,… Read More »Why Did I Write a Novel about IT and Software Engineering?
The Real Value of Team Topologies
What is Team Topologies? Is it a framework? Is it a set of principles? How can you start using it without having a big-bang, top-down… Read More »The Real Value of Team Topologies
The Value of Socially Driven Architecture
Even if it seems like the right thing to do, just putting people to work is not always the most effective way of improving your… Read More »The Value of Socially Driven Architecture
Optimizing for Engineering Happiness
The nature of software is a philosophical problem for the ages. How can something seemingly so abstract have such crucial real-world applications? Those lucky enough… Read More »Optimizing for Engineering Happiness
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
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
How to fix the “Failing” Team
Do you have a failing team? Why is it, in your eyes, failing? Sometimes this seems like an intractable problem. The team is failing because… Read More »How to fix the “Failing” Team
Have You Ever Tried to Make Software Without Using Humans?
Could we have been persuaded by the recent AI hype that humans are no longer important in writing software? So much of what we do… Read More »Have You Ever Tried to Make Software Without Using Humans?
Team Topologies and The Human Touch at Fast Flow Conference, London 2023
In May 2023, I was at the first-ever Fast Flow conference in London for a day of presentations and activities. The delegates would mainly be… Read More »Team Topologies and The Human Touch at Fast Flow Conference, London 2023