Geek, agilista, blogger, codefella, serial reader. In the daylight - I navigate & lead software engineering. #lean #design #aws #elixir #analytics. I speak here for myself only.
I keep forgetting how diverse & "flavor-rich" is our industry (software development). Not just in terms of tools, but also outlooks, opinions & overall openness to change. Within last two weeks I was exposed to software engineers ... 1. ... complaining on Microsoft going to fast with their web stack...
I've already published my summary post for 2015 [https://no-kill-switch.ghost.io/2015-in-the-rear-view-mirror/], but it surely deservers few supplements & here's the first of them: list of the best books I've read in 2015 . Please, keep in mind that it doesn't imply...
Another year has passed - it's the highest time to review what has happened in the past 12 months & presumably draw some conclusions for future (yes, I tend to do New Year resolutions & I don't treat them lightly) - to avoid excessive exhibitionism, I&...
I'm spending a lot of time with Pluralsight [https://www.pluralsight.com/] - actually they publish more interesting stuff than I can comprehend in my limited timeframe. Once in a while I find there a course that may not be in my (still wide, I think) area of...
Few days ago I've encountered a short quote that had nailed something very important IMHO: > "Walt Disney. Steve Jobs. Bill Gates. They were all micromanagers. What is it the the most successful leaders micromanaged? They micromanaged product, they didn't micromanage people." > Jim...
Have you heard about The Iron Law of Oligarchy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_oligarchy] (TILoO)? No? There's no shame, I haven't (until recently) either, but now since I did, I have some remarks hopefully worth sharing. OK, but first - what'...
