The last few episodes featured heads down implementation around this new CastlingStatusChecker class. It was nice to spend some time writing relatively simple unit tests to restore some sanity and get away from an overly-coupled Board class. But, it was time to come up for some air and get back to proving some business/domain value….
It often feels as though I have no idea what I’m talking about. I don’t say this in an attempt to garner sympathy and I’m not really suffering from impostor syndrome (at least not in this domain). It’s more that running my own show, business-wise, has demanded of me a form of trial-by-fire, just-in-time learning. It’s…
Editorial Note: this post was originally written for the SmartBear blog. You can read the original here, on their site. As I’ve mentioned before, they have some good authors that I respect writing over there, so give it a look! I’ve made stops in a lot of software development shops in my career, both as…
Most of my cynicism toward the corporate world is safely directed into my new book these days, so there’s not a ton of spillage onto the blog. But I’m going to make an exception today and talk about corporate culture. To understand some of the terms I’m about to use, you can buy the book,…
There’s a common tale I hear that seems to epitomize being adrift in a sea of corporate anonymity. It is some variant on the theme that people are using asynchronous communication media when actually (to their knowledge or not) seated pretty close to one another. At its most facepalm, it’s perhaps two people who sit…
