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November 2024

Team-Focused Programming should be default
Should practices like Pair Programming or Mob Programming be the default way of working? That's why I think the response is yes.
Effectiveness over efficiency
Efficiency is about minimizing waste. Effectiveness is about achieving the right outcomes. The two are in conflict, and here's why prioritizing…
From Projects to Products
The way we approach software development has a huge impact on its success. In most cases, business tend to treat software initiatives as projects, but…
Deployable vs Releasable
Last week we explored the difference between Continuous Integration, Delivery and Deployment; now we need to state the difference between “deployable…

October 2024

Continuous Integration vs. Continuous Delivery vs. Continuous Deployment
There’s often confusion between Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Continuous Deployment: let's break down the key differences and why…
Plans are useless, planning is fundamental
Dwight D. Eisenhower, reflecting on military strategy, famously said: Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable. This idea is incredibly relevant…
Developing Software is a knowledge-building process
Software development is fundamentally about learning: we learn through building, delivering, and gaining user feedback, which allows us to refine the…
Tests are meant to prevent bugs, not finding them
Most people think to QA and tests as something we do to find bugs and defects - instead, we should think to those activities as something to prevent…
Types of Waste in Software Development
When we try to achieve excellence in Software Development, we should focus on reducing waste - but to reduce waste, you have to be able to recognize it…

September 2024

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