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 level of autonomy...
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 in...
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 "They...
A streak of mad scientist I'm running some experiments. Pretty much all the time. In case of stuff I feel insecure with (but such one that still feels promising), I usually experiment with it in pet projects & during my semi-random hacking sprees (when I try some tricks...
I've reviewed a book [https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1503621354] about SBT [http://www.scala-sbt.org/] recently. As this name doesn't ring a bell for everyone, some peeps who follow my reviews have followed with a question: > "What's this SBT thing?...
After a bit of pre-conf hype building ... > We'll be revealing Project Rider at NDC London. Wednesday 13th January 2016 https://t.co/ydglHEkRZa #jetbrainsRider [https://twitter.com/hashtag/jetbrainsRider?src=hash] — Project Rider (@JetBrainsRider) January 11, 2016 [https://twitter.com/JetBrainsRider/status/686517352985440256] ... the 1st day of...
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&...
