IT Darwin Awards
8 ideas that are frankly ridiculous and yet so widespread when it comes to software development… Do yourself a favor: read this!
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“User” is not a Bounded Context—and yet, the user matters
You don’t address all users in the same way. Each persona has its own language, and therefore its own context, and its own BFF (Backend For Frontend).
Is your code universalizable?
Environmentalism and software quality share Kant’s principle of universality: my action can only be good if everyone can act as I do.
You build it, you run it
This phrase, a DevOps mantra, is rooted in common sense. Yet the organization sometimes resists its implementation. CEOs, lay the groundwork.
Lean Culture
“Lean is not a production system; it’s a learning system”: that line gave me the foothold I needed to grok Lean.
Refactoring: Avoiding Tunnel Vision
Until everything is done, it’s as if nothing is done. To avoid tunnel vision when refactoring: the Strangler Fig pattern, where old and new coexist.
Courage for 2024
Beyond technology and methodology, it’s our values that drive us. For 2024, I wish you courage: to aim high, to question, to ask for help.
A coach must be supervised
There is always a risk of doing harm while trying to do good. A coach, like other helping professionals, should be supervised.
Modular Monolith is the new Microservices
You probably don’t need these microservices, which are so difficult to deploy. The monolith, provided it’s modular, is right for you.
Walking Skeleton
The Walking Skeleton aims to lay a solid foundation for reaching the MVP while minimizing technical debt. It’s a step worth formalizing.
Freelancing: Is it all about the big bucks?
Going freelance is an opportunity to double your income… or not. It all depends on what you want out of life. A personal story.
Example Mapping, the Most Underestimated Agile Practice
It would be a mistake to think functional design is the PM’s job alone: we think better together, working from concrete examples.
Trunk-Based Development, a radical solution to “merge hell”
Trunk-Based Development, straight out of Extreme Programming, is an excellent alternative to GitFlow, but study the prerequisites carefully.
PoC vs. MVP: We Won’t Agree
A PoC validates a marketing or technical idea, while an MVP aims to acquire your first users.
Project vs. Product: Words Matter
A project exists because we envision a goal to be achieved. A product has no end and evolves based on user feedback.
Scrum: A Framework for Agile Experts?
My main criticism of Scrum is that it says nothing about functional design. If you want it to work, it’s up to you to fill in the gaps.
Bounded Contexts 101
2 common mistakes when splitting a system into Bounded Contexts: splitting by technical layer and splitting by entity. Think action verbs!
2023 Berlin Marathon ➡️ 2:27
I’m the same person at work and when I’m running. So today, I’m sharing a story about myself through a defining moment in my life as a runner.
No one knows what a User Story is anymore
“As a user, I want to connect to the database, so that I’m connected to the database.” Great… not. Surely we can do better than that.
False Progress
Every feature added to a product increases its complexity and raises the risk of errors. So be absolutely certain of the value it adds.
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