A few weeks ago, we (myself & my two friends - Tomek & Wojtek, as a part of a community called CTO Morning Coffee) hosted an online X Spaces session on Domain-Driven Design (DDD). To be clear, this wasn't supposed to be an intro session; quite the contrary....
Many people who've never seen high-performing teams in action (I mean genuinely high-performing, not just the ones who self-claim they are ...), assume that all that you need to form such a team is: * assign them a mission (they could identify with) * grant them a sufficient...
I've used many personality assessment methods & tools in the past. Gallup SF, Transactional Analysis, OCEAN - that sort of stuff (& more). I'm not a professional behavioral psychologist (of course), but I thought nothing would surprise me regarding the qualification of personality types. Yet, I'...
It's one of the lessons I've learned the hard way: there's no other resource valuable more than your own time. Why so? * it's hard-capped * it's not transferable (my time isn't directly exchangeable with your time, at least...
I bet that nearly everyone in the software-crafting industry has heard about YAGNI [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_aren%27t_gonna_need_it] ("You Ain't Gonna Need It") principle. But what about TAGRI? TAGRI (which is nearly as old as YAGNI) stands for "...
Have you heard about AOP? AOP stands for Aspect Oriented Programming - paradigm of software development focused on separation of so-called "concerns". What’s “concern” (in this context)? It’s a part of code that’s not related directly to functional requirements but it’s crucial for overall...
This week I’ve been approached by two co-workers with business background who asked me questions regarding an interesting matter: * what’s the best way to get basic information about software development fundamentals, if you’re a business-oriented person Obviously, none of them wanted to switch his career...
Today’s running session smashed me down totally (but I’ve managed to improve my record for 10 km by over 2 mins, what has a great impact on my overall mood :)), so I’ll be brief today: Data in the fast laneFirst, very interesting article I’ve found yesterday....
Today it became more clear why did Phil Haack leave Microsoft to join github.com - GitHub for Windows has been released ( https://github.com/blog/1127-github-for-windows). What’s GitHub? To answer that, I need to step back a little to tell you what Git is. Git (http:...
I’ve spent last few days on PMI certification preparation course. I didn’t take the exam yet (I want to get through Rita Mulcahy’s Prep Book first), but I guess I can already make some statements about: 1. Comparison between PMP and PRINCE2 2. PMP knowledge being applicable...
IT market is constantly getting more and more interesting. Mobile applications are getting more and more popular (and profitable), but it doesn’t help that every mobile platform has its own tech stack (and in most cases they differ a lot). Even if platform share some common foundation (like Java)...
