The pandemic showed that software engineers can work productively from home. But most of us have also realised that working remotely is hard to sustain as a healthy business operating model. So what is the recipe for success in post pandemic software engineering?
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Building and using software.
GitHub Copilot: How does it feel?
AI is like teenage sex. Everyone talks about it. Everyone thinks everyone else is doing it. When you try it, it is not such a big deal after all. I decided to try out GitHub Copilot to understand what it can do and what all the hype is about.
Great software
At a recent interview I was asked: What is good code? While I have written code professionally since 1999, I think a more interesting question is: What is great software? While the source code important, it doesn’t live in a vacuum. To write good code, you need to understand the larger context of the system. Reflecting after the interview, here is the answer I would give today.
Take your scrum to 11
Scrum can be a drag when executed poorly. Done right, scrum is a non intrusive framework that provides a great flow for software development teams. In this post I share my best tips on how to dial your scrum all the way to 11.
Ten habits of highly productive developers
I decided to write a book about everything I learned about software development. After fiddling around with margins and fonts for almost 30 minutes, I wrote a blog post instead (tongue-in-cheek spoof on internet advice).
Insights from Google’s State of DevOps
Two key insights I learned from Google's State of DevOps 2023.
Managing software complexity
If you are working as a software engineer, chances are that you are fixing bugs and adding features to a system that was conceived years before you joined. Every successful system grows beyond the original design. Whatever the creators imagined, changes to requirements and technology soon outgrow what the initial team can keep up with. … Continue reading Managing software complexity
Do you talk only about work at work?
One of the practices I have picked up during my career is to share pictures with my team.
Dad jokes
Practicing dad jokes to recover from burnout.
Every change begins with a first step
Each Tuesday, I post a one-liner — an insight learned from 20 years as a software development professional distilled into a succinct statement.