Book
- Mob Programming by Woody Zuill and Kevin Meadows
- CORS in Action by Monsur Hossain
- Rebels at Work by L. Kelly and C. Medina
- Managing Humans, Apress
- Creating Great Teams, The Pragmatic Bookshelf
- The Software Craftsman, Prentice Hall
- People of the Lie by M. Scott Peck, Simon and Schuster
- Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael Feathers, Prentice Hall
- The Software Paradox - Stephen O'Grady
- Hackers and Painters, P Graham - O'Reilly Media
- The Dance of Intimacy, H Lerner
- Asp.Net MVC 4 in Action, Manning
- Agile Software Architecture, Barbar, Brown and Mistrik
- JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford, OReilly
- Seven Databases in Seven Weeks by Eric Redmond, The Pragmatic Bookshelf
- The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric Raymond
- Notes to a Software Team Lead by Roy Osherove, Team Agile Publishing
- SQL Antipatterns by Bill Karwin, The Pragmatic Bookshelf
- User Story Mapping by Jeff Patton, O'Reilly
- The Principles of Product Development Flow by Reinertsen, Celeritas
- The Art of UNIX Programming by S. Raymond, Addison-Wesley
- Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change, Addison-Wesley
- Behind Closed Doors by Rothman and Derby, The Pragmatic Bookshelf
- Practical Vim by Drew Neil, The Pragmatic Bookshelf
- The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt and Jeff Cox, Gower Publishing Limited
- The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick Brooks, Addison-Wesley
- Agile Retrospectives by Derby, Larsen and Schwaber, Pragmatic Bookshelf
- The Design of Everyday Things by Norman, Basic Books
- Agile Coaching by Davies and Sedley, Pragmatic Bookshelf
- Agile Software Development with Scrum by Schwaber and Beedle, Prentice Hall
- The Art of Agile Development by Jame Shore, OReilly
- Expert FSharp by Syme, Granicz and Cistemino, Apress
- Code Complete by Steve McConnell, Microsoft Press
- Clean Code by Robert Martin, Prentice Hall
- Specification by Example by Gojko Adzic, Manning
- The Pragmatic Programmer by Hunt and Thomas, Addison-Wesley
- The Art of Unit Testing by Roy Osherove, Manning
- Dependency Injection in .Net by Mark Seemann, Manning
Letdown
- The Secrets of Consulting by Gerald Weinberg, Dorset House Publishing
- Systems Analysis and Design in a Changing World by Satzinger, Jackson and Burd, Course Technology
- C# Concisely by Bishop and Hoorspool, Addison-Wesley
- The Developers Code by Cheung, Pragmatic Bookshelf
Practices
DotNet
- Domain Driven Design Quickly by Avram and Marinescu, Lulu.com
- Microsoft Silverlight Edition: Programming Windows Phone 7 by Petzold, Microsoft Press
- C# Programming Tips and Techniques, McGraw-Hill
Reference
- Algorithms in a Nutshell by Heineman, Pollice and Selkow, O'Reilly Media
- XAML Developer Reference by Mamta D and Ashish Ghoda, O'Reilly Media
Code
- Common mistakes I've seen in .Net Projects
- Understanding Coupling and Cohesion in Software Design
- Working with Nulls
- Working with Nulls in C#
- SOLID Deconstruction
- Integrating Components Notes
- Object Orientation Notes
- Static Named Constructors
- My revised three stages of programming
- The one line method
- The Art of Safe Refactorings
- Extreme Team Code Swap Exercise
- Clever Code
- Setting up the Golden Master using ApprovalTests.Net
- Stages of Naming
- Software Quality Wheels
- What I mean when I say I am developing software...
- INotifyPropertyChanged in the Domain
- Declarative vs Imperaive Coding Notes
- Code Testing Notes
- Zen of Python and my Mantra
- Programming, a Subset of Writing
Programming
Read
- Understanding the 4 rules of simple design by Corey Haines
- Continous Delivery by Humble and Farley, Addison-Wesley
- Software Architecture for Developers Volume 1 by Simon Brown
- Things to read and watch in 2016
- Kanban, D. Anderson
- Books I would like to read this year
- Stuff that's helped me learn
Watch
Conferences
- Why sponsor a conference
- Speaking Notes
- Presenting at International Conferences
- Conference Speaker Tools
- Pre Conference Preperation
- Stuff that's helped me learn
Typing
Design
- Manifesto for Not Only Object-Oriented Development
- Top down or bottom up
- Static Named Constructors
- API Notes
- From Platform Manifesto to Platform Principles
- Software Design - Why, When and How Notes
- DRY Notes
- Fundamentals of Visual Design Notes
- Coupling Complexity Quadrants
- Recursion
- OO Constructors
- Transformation Priority Premise
- TDD Stuff
- Liskov Substitution Principle Notes
- Small Classes
Disappointment
Networks
Agile
- Accidental Standards
- Backlog Maturity Model
- Learning is horrible and other harsh realities
- The Business Analysts Mindset and Agile
- Do you radiate vanity metrics?
- Flow
- Natural Order of Progression for Agile Technical Practices
- What happened when we killed stand ups and everything else...
- Kano Model
- Scrumagalo
- Why one size fits all development methodologies don't work
- Dev Manager Obfuscation Layer Pattern
- Scrum Notes
- Kanban
- Deadlines
- Balanced Speed
- Velocity
- Developerdynamics
- Product Owner
- Elephant Capaccio
- Embracing Intrinsic Defects of Development Work
- Digital vs. Physical Team Boards
- Littles Law
- Story Mapping
- Cycle Time
- Walking the board
- User Stories Notes
- Agile Documentation
- Team Learning Activities related to Lean / Agile
- Agile Essence and Fluency
Linux
- tmux notes
- Gnome Terminal Notes
- Lsblk Notes
- Grep Notes
- Installing Ubuntu on Virtual Box
- Shell Scripting Notes
- Ubuntu Notes
- Cron Notes
- Bash Notes
Windows
- Batch Notes
- Nuget Notes
- Microsoft Management Studio Notes
- Active Directory Notes
- Visual Studio Notes
- Powershell Notes
- SqlServer Notes
- ConEmu Notes
- Microsoft Remote Desktop Notes
- Wix Notes
- MsBuild Notes
Career
Teams
- Managing Humans, Apress
- Team Notes
- Creating Great Teams, The Pragmatic Bookshelf
- Team Rooms
- Difficult Conversations
- Comparing Developer Teams
- Coaching
- Tuckmans stages of group development
- Team Contracts
- Self Organizing Teams Notes
- Four Steps to Incremental Improvements using Team Retro's
Retrospectives
People
- Diversity Notes
- Espoused Theory vs Theory in Use
- Ladder of Inference
- Cognitive Biases
- Introverts
- Crucial Conversations
- Conflict Resolution
- Endowment Effect
- People of the Lie by M. Scott Peck, Simon and Schuster
- Critical Feedback
- Trust Notes
- Self Control Notes
- Effective Communication
- Coaching
- Adkar Model
- Scarf Model
Measurement
- What we actually know about software development and why we believe it's true
- OKR Notes
- The Hawthorn Effect
- Goodharts Law
- KPI in Agile Teams
Quality
- The Technical Debt Trap
- Code Cruft Notes
- Tester Notes
- Eskom, Deffered Maintenance and your Technical Debt Negotiations
- Software Quality Notes
- Technical Debt Notes
Change
Learning
Flow
Recruiting
Automation
- Docker Notes
- Octopus Deploy Notes
- TeamCity Notes
- DevOps Notes
- Automated Build Notes
- Vagrant Notes
- DB Migration Script Notes
Tech
Languages
Databases
- Neo4J Db Notes
- Couch Db Notes
- Mongo Db Notes
- HBase Notes
- Riak Notes
- Stored Procedures Notes
- Postgres Notes
- MsSql Notes
- Mysql Notes
Web
- SQL Injection Notes
- Webstorm Notes
- CORS in Action by Monsur Hossain
- CORS Notes
- Npm Notes
- GitHub Notes
- Redux Notes
- Babel Notes
- Middleman Notes
- React Notes
- Markdown Notes
- Liquid Notes
- Angular Notes
- Hugo Notes
- Html Email Notes
- Sass Notes
- SSL Certificate Notes
- CSS Notes
- Bootstrap Notes
- JQuery Notes
- JavaScript Notes
- Curl Notes
- Rest Notes
- Html5 Notes
Meta
- Writing a book notes
- Learn to juggle - it's a thing!
- Codewars Privileges Unlock
- Accelerated Learning for our Student Program
- Words to Use
- What I value
Architecture
- C4 Diagram Notes
- Architecture Videos to Watch
- Microservices Architecture Notes
- Layered Architecture Notes
- Technical Architect
Frameworks
Testing
- Three Amigos
- Shift Left Testing
- Setting up the Golden Master using ApprovalTests.Net
- UI Testing Notes
Framework
Tests
Messaging
Business
Communication
Security
Buy
Refactoring
- Setting up the Golden Master using ApprovalTests.Net
- Refactoring Code Notes
- Safe Refactoring Pattern - Move Instance Method
Collaboration
- The Mob Member Mindset
- Mob Etiquette
- Strong mobbing
- Staying engaged when mobbing
- Team Tourism - Connecting the Disconnected
- Becoming a mobber
- Mob Programming Notes
- Collaborative Coding
- Pair Programming Notes
Media
Marketing
Avoid
Node
Mobbing
- What should a new mob work on first
- The post mob retrospective
- How big should your first mob be?
- Preparing the Mob Development Environment
- Handling conflict in a new mob
- Physical environment matters when mob programming
- Mob Etiquette
- Strong mobbing
- Staying engaged when mobbing
- Getting the best of everyone into all the code using mob programming
- Becoming a mobber
Conflict
- Team Feedback Notes
- Levels of Conflict
- Rebels at Work by L. Kelly and C. Medina
- Crucial Conversations
- Conflict Resolution
JavaScript
Mac
Model
Cloud
Linux,
Copy
Retrospective
Team
Ide
DevOps
Lean
Meetings
Conference
Workshop
Craftmanship
- What does software craftmanship mean to me?
- Demanding Software Professionalism - A critical management imperative
Manager
Creativity
AWS
Architecture,
Craftsmanship
Mentor
Leader
sql
Postgres
Trust
Mentoring
Graduate
Leadership
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