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Applying our craft...

Let’s talk about what makes us better.

How do we as a community drive oursleves to become better, more knowledgable, and write high-quality code in a more rapid manner?

Code Coverage as a Metric

December 4, 2024 •3 min read

Code Coverage as a Metric

Code Coverage is a terrible metric and gives a false sense of security.

Quality • Testing • Metrics

Someone Wants To Hear You Speak

November 12, 2024 •3 min read

Someone Wants To Hear You Speak

What you have to say is important and others will listen.

Conferences • Speaking • Knowledge

Fluid Scaling Technology and Open Space

November 26, 2023 •2 min read

Fluid Scaling Technology and Open Space

Open Space conferences inspire Fluid Scaling Technology (FaST), a software development approach that encourages self-organization, promotes best practices, and eliminates knowledge silos.

Fluid Scaling Technology • Open Space • Agility

October 3, 2023 •3 min read

FaST in 5 Sentences

The 5 easy steps of Fluid Scaling Technology

Fluid Scaling Technology • Open Space • Agility

Shifting Gears

June 27, 2023 •3 min read

Shifting Gears

Shifting gears in a car can be a metaphor for process change in software teams; pushing them without change risks burnout, while letting them adjust their processes and take responsibility for improvement leads to sustainable, faster progress.

Agility • Process Improvement • Productivity

We Want A Doing, Not A Meeting

June 21, 2023 •3 min read

We Want A Doing, Not A Meeting

Instead of a meeting, lets just collaborate to get work done!

Agility • Fluid Scaling Technology • Process Improvement

Thoughts on Interviewing: II

April 13, 2023 •10 min read

Thoughts on Interviewing: II

Our interview process is broken. Here's the second in a two-part series on my observations and ideas to fix the process.

Interviewing • Hiring • Software as Craft

Thoughts on Interviewing: I

April 12, 2023 •5 min read

Thoughts on Interviewing: I

Our interview process is broken. Here's the first in a two-part series on my observations and ideas to fix the process.

Interviewing • Hiring • Software as Craft

Creating a Culture of Learning

April 9, 2023 •6 min read

Creating a Culture of Learning

Companies can do better to encourage learning and growth of their employees.

Learning • Teams • Culture

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