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 "...
Guys, after giving it a lot of consideration and talking it through with several people, I’ve decided to give up on Microsoft platform and focus my efforts on more perspective platform with better future prospects - Java platform. This wasn’t easy as I’ve invested all my time in...
I’ve decided to share two amazing links - you may like them if you enjoyed my latest presentation about Big Data and / or if you like the idea of Data as a Service. 1. WindMap- actual map of winds blowing over the US :) (http://hint.fm/wind/) - powered by National...
Last Friday I attended a presentation hosted by some client IT people for their colleagues (same company, same department). The aim of this presentation was to show "improvements in development process" the presenters have introduced in their project. It was a common knowledge that their had major quality...
Wade Wegner has left Microsoft ( http://www.wadewegner.com/2012/03/leaving-microsoft/). It’s quite normal as people come and go - well, everyone is replaceable. This last rule applies to Wade as well, especially as he’s not a leading engineer or main architect, but he played a very,...
Are you "lean" already? Do you do "lean" architecture? Is your approach "lean" enough? No, I didn’t lose my mind yet - I’m just trying to accustom myself to the new buzzword: "lean" is a new "agile" :)If you...
As I’ve spent last few days on my preparation for PRINCE2 Practicioner exam (THAT. WAS. FREAKING. HARD.), I don’t have much to share (except. that the EXAM. WAS. FREAKING. HARD.), but it doesn’t mean nothing exciting happened in a few last days (not counting exciting exam - YES....
