2020

Nov 1

Block-Testing

Jul 25

The Downward Spiral of Test-Later Automated Testing

2019

Feb 24

The Trap of Solution-First Thinking

2018

Dec 11

A Javascript to Typescript Conversion Case Study

Nov 5

Dynamic-Typing for Static-Typists

Oct 14

Effective Technical Improvement

Oct 3

Cross-functionality is a Secret Weapon for Product Development Teams

Sep 20

No Heroes in Tech Debt

Jul 15

The Mathematics Behind Experience

Mar 27

Zero Defect Policy

2017

Oct 27
programming

Enterprise Iffing 3.0 for 10x Rockstar Programmers

Oct 21
management

Working Without Estimates

Jul 20
management

Why does Bad Waterfall Happen to Good People?

Jun 4

So You Want to be a More Senior Engineer?

Apr 9

The All-or-Nothing Principle

Mar 6

So You Want to be a Manager?

Jan 14
quality

The Quality Feedback Loop

2016

Nov 16
management

The Atomic Team Pattern

2015

Jun 14

We’re in the Stone Age of Software Engineering Management

Mar 8

Reclaiming Value from Bugs and Outages: Thoughts on Post-Mortems

Jan 29

Continuous Testing

2014

Dec 2

I Don’t Miss The Sprint

Jun 22
node.js,, programming,, quality

Production-Quality Node.js Web Apps : Part III, Preventing Defects

Jun 2
metrics, node.js,, programming,, quality,

Production-Quality Node.js Web Apps : Part II, Detecting Defects

Jun 1
node.js,, programming,, quality

Production-Quality Node.js Web Apps : Part I, The Basics

Jan 11

In Defence Of The Office

2013

Sep 13
apis

You probably don’t need to version your web API.

Jun 9
programming

My Favourite New Ility

May 7
management, teams,

A Requiem for a Team

Apr 29

So I wrote a JSON API Framework and the Framework was the Least Interesting Part

Apr 21
apis,, http, rest,

3 Terrible Anti-patterns for Error-Handling in ‘REST’ APIs:

Apr 13

The Node.js Community is Quietly Changing the Face of Open Source

Mar 16

Release-ophobia

2012

Jan 3

Your Team Probably Doesn’t have the Same DVCS Requirements as Linus

2011

Sep 14

Agile: The Good Parts

2010

Dec 5

Quality is the Constraint

2009

Dec 26

The Lost Art of Prototyping

Dec 20

The Future Proofing Trap

Dec 13

Code Slower