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 "...
The phone (as a GSM voice communication device) should be already dead by 2021 - don't you think? Its underlying technology is outdated, and you can achieve the same (or better) effects more conveniently, with a better (call) quality, w/o many constraints (an expensive monthly contract, a device...
Do you recall that feeling when you've read (in a blog post, tech book, or whitepaper) something you've liked so much (new method, approach, or technique) that you couldn't wait until you try it in action? Maybe you were even surprised: "OMG, it&...
We live in the Information Age [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Age]. The whole world is fueled by information; it's a new global currency. But for how long? The cost of creating information is zero. As a result, the amount of information in the global circulation grows...
Last week I've described [https://no-kill-switch.ghost.io/dancing-with-flink-data-streams-a-gentle-intro/] what is Kinesis Data Analytics and promised we'll have some fun with processing streams the pro way. It's time to turn these promises into real action!...
'Big data' is not among the most catchy buzzwords anymore. This is probably good - after the initial hype, there's a proper time to assess the practical applicability and tangible benefits. Big data's epicenter was always the Hadoop [https://hadoop.apache.org/] ecosystem. It has...
To make sure it's 100% clear, a short reminder: this blog post represents my private comments, statements, and viewpoints. They should not be associated with my employer - either the current one or the past ones. The opinions quoted in this article have popped up during casual, social conversations,...
