June 16, 2023
I know bunts and singles are good. I know they make sense from a numbers perspective. But whenever I played baseball, I always had to swing for the fences at least once a game. Sometimes you just have to evaluate the right pitch, speed, and velocity, give it your all – and swing for the fences.
June 3, 2023
Every team has them. The “Ism” – the CodeIsm, the EnterpriseIsm, the SupportIsm. They are the ideas, the culture, the vernacular that makes your team, your team and separates it from everyone else. They are the rallying cry for getting things done and delivering. They are a good thing to have as long as they project the good of your team and not the “that’s the way we have always done it”, “that’s how it works”, “we don’t know what it really does” – then they go from being an “ism” to a problem.
June 2, 2023
What I admire most about video games, is their resiliency to consistency deliver updates. Maybe I’ve been lucky but when I look at the games I’ve played, and how they are updated I can’t help but think that this is where the time was spent first – on the Updates. The team figured out the problem they hoped they would have forever. Pushing out changes and ensuring they don’t impact their customers from using their product during this time. When something as critical as updating all that you do is an add-on or after thought, the propensity for it to
May 29, 2023
Team Leads and Tech Leads are two critical roles in any software development team. But go from team to team and you’ll find the roles and what is required of them are drastically different. Here’s my take on the difference between a great Tech and Team Lead.
May 28, 2023
I can build you a tractor or a Cadillac (perhaps there are better terms to use today but I still like these). A Tractor will get you there, wherever you are going, without fail, it will be solid, it won’t breakdown and it will do the job (i.e., work hard). Tractors don’t mind getting dirty because it’s all part of what they do to get the job done. A Cadillac will get you there, but it’ll do it in style. It will be fast, it will be polished, and you won’t even think of it breaking down because it does