I was listening to an episode of the “Western Devs” podcast on a plane the other night (I really like this podcast, by the way — give it a listen). The subject of this particular show was the idea of developer productivity and the measurement thereof. At the risk of playing spoiler, the discussion digressed…
One thing that I’ve come firmly to believe over the last several years is that every developer should have a business entity. Please do not confuse this with me saying that every developer should hang out a shingle and become a freelancer. The staff developer is alive and well and not going anywhere in the…
I had some grand plans this week to do a Chess TDD post and a reader question post, but I wound up agreeing to do a quick contract gig that was very time sensitive, so I’ve been coding furiously all week, logging 50 billable hours in 4 days and still going strong. That’s why, instead of any…
Editorial Note: this was a post originally written for the SmartBear blog. You can read the original here, at their site. Check out the other authors over there, too. Have you ever attended a trade show or conference that left you feeling like the proverbial kid in a candy store? You had delectable food, met…
Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the NDepend blog. You can check out the original post here, at their site. Head on over and check out that post and others as well. Over the years, there have been any number of popular metaphors that help people radically misunderstand the realities of software development….
