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...
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'...
Btw. I wonder how many people would associate the quote with the character without the title pic these days ;) When it comes to team endeavours (projects, etc.), there are few, critical factors that play major role in succeeding ... or failing: * shared understanding of the goal * aligned priorities & ability to...
