Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the NDepend blog. You can check out the original here, at their site. While you’re there, download NDepend and give it a try! Nothing compares with the first week on a new job or team. You experience an interesting swirl of anticipation, excitement, novelty, nervousness, and probably…
Editorial Note: Thanks to everyone who voted for a Developer Hegemony Cover. I’ll tabulate the official results soon, but it looks like the dark cover is the clear favorite! Second Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the NDepend blog. You can check out the original here, at their site. While you’re there, take…
I think I started the initial writing of this book in the summer of 2015. Then I spent the next year and a half or so writing it in my relatively limited spare time. Some of this happened piled on top of 50+ hour weeks, by the fluorescent glow of a hotel room light. …
Today, I’d like to talk about the pervasiveness of the craft guild metaphor in today’s software development landscape. Specifically, I want to talk about how I think we’ve jumped the shark with this and how it now harms more than helps. I recognize that I’m probably going to inspire some ire and get myself in…
Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the LogEntries blog. I work as a consultant in the software industry. This work affords me the opportunity to see and interact with many different teams and thus to observe prevailing trends. Among these teams, the attitude toward logging tends to be one of resigned diligence. That…
