November 5, 2024
The weeks leading up to a big event are stressful. Everyone’s trying to get organized, the lists are never-ending, new items are getting added daily, it can feel like you’ll never be ready. And maybe you won’t, and here is the day, and all you can do now is… Enjoy it, support it, work through it, roll with it, learn from it, and grow.
November 4, 2024
The same development problems, happen irrespective of the languages and platform you use; Delivery schedules Ticket Management Code Re-use Technical Debt API versioning Branching strategies Templates and Re-Use Data Access When we get past those problems, then the game will change.
November 4, 2024
Communities are everywhere you look. Software, sports, hobbies, gaming, building, bird-watching, coding, thinking, etc, etc. But are they communities? Do they all share the same characteristics and agree to the same norms? Or are they all thrown together with the hope that they someday might become a community, that one day they could come together? I’ve always looked at a community as not something you sign up for, but something that comes together, when you’re not expecting it, like a team culture, it happens and then it’s there. Everyone signing up or joining, that’s not a community, that’s a club,
November 1, 2024
There is no better feeling than doing an alright job and having people see it as amazing. “But that’s not my best work? I have so much more I can do.” “This is great, you don’t need to go further… why would you do more?” People can’t tell the difference between your best and okay work -possibly because whatever you deliver comes through better than they could have imagined – so anything is great. But you know the difference, you can see the difference, and it’s probably driving you nuts they think your “okay” work is amazing when you know
October 31, 2024
Sure, Don’t Stop Believing, but in general, don’t stop. If it were easy, everyone would be doing it, but they aren’t, they stopped. They stopped when it became tough, complicated, and frustrating. You didn’t. You didn’t stop. Don’t start now. BTW – my favourite cover.
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