Seems a large number of people I meet are interested in becoming a contractor/consultant/freelancer. So I thought I better write a up what I did and recommend. Note this is very UK / London centric.Information For general information, tools, conversations and ad...
Read MoreI fully believe we can deliver faster projects, with better code, exposing less risk to the company and in the end be more profitabl...
3 years ago (wow that went fast!) I wrote a blog post called Do not rewrite. The main points in it was to never rewrite whole applic...
Downloading the internet. A term commonly used when building Maven projects. It is due to downloading your applications de...
Martin Fowler recently made a comment that he writes books so that he can learn about a subject.That resonated well with me, as whil...
TL;DR: CDD - Container Driven Development (CDL - Container Driven Life)Occasionally you come across new interesting technology ...
The interest curve of learning and sharing at work and its eventual peak are partly responsible for higher turnover of staff and red...
It is the little things that matterWe are often reminded of the facts of keeping focus, deliver a minimum viable product, lean start...
Pair with people you like and code reviews with people you don't like (misquoted from someone way smarter than me).That sums it up v...
There are many reasons not to hire meI will say no, a lot. I am pragmatic and may find a better solution by asking what it is you ac...
In daily (or more frequent) stand ups that is common in agile/scrum based teams many practices the process of asking each and every ...
An aim for a development team (and company) is to achieve one button deploys of your applications to all environment. By achieving t...
The Daily Stand Up, a meeting where everyone stands up (to ensure it does not go on for too long), often referred to as the Daily Sc...
