The Very Best Of

It seems I forgot to celebrate the 100th issue of my newsletter last November. How is that possible? Never mind—here’s a selection of 10 articles, chosen mainly because they’re all so different from one another.

1️⃣ Quality and pragmatism aren’t mutually exclusive: prioritize modularity 👉 Everything can be made up for—except modularity

2️⃣ IT as a Cost Center: How a Flawed Organization Can Discourage Even the Best Intentions 👉 Rest In Peace

3️⃣ The Law of the Instrument: It wreaks havoc on your architectures 👉 A Hammer Named Claude Code: Choose Your Nails Wisely

4️⃣ Because most of your development problems are actually functional design problems 👉 Example Mapping, for top-notch functional design

5️⃣ Because you should always listen to your opponents’ arguments, even if you don’t agree with them in the end 👉 TDD is dead. Long live testing.

6️⃣ The purely informative post: Don’t dive headfirst into refactoring anymore! 👉 Everything you’ve always wanted to know about refactoring

7️⃣ Debunk (and a bestseller): Do you really know what an object is? 👉 An object is not what you think it is

8️⃣ An article that, in my opinion, didn’t get the attention it deserved. The distinction between coach and consultant is crucial 👉 Coach or consultant?

9️⃣ A rant: Those who feel this applies to them are indeed right; the others will feel virtuous 👉 IT service providers: parasites of the IT industry

1️⃣0️⃣ Saving the best for last, because we urgently need meaning… 👉 The Curse of Engineers

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this newsletter: what you like, what you don’t like as much, and what you’d like to see in it! Thanks 🙏