Design Patterns, a love hate relationship
21 May 2017Why we love them…
May, 2017
Lego Game Notes
11 May 2017First 2 minutes team tries to understand from the customer what they would like to have in their city
Jedi Academy
09 May 2017The Jedi Academy is a supporting structure to provide increase graduates knowledge in being a professional software developer. Jedi academy will meet every two weeks to focus on a a fundamental area of development.
The Graduate Program
09 May 2017We believe to have a successful graduate program you need the following:
Dear Mentor
09 May 2017Dear Mentor,
The puzzle solver
04 May 2017In a parallel world there is a job where people get paid to solve puzzles - now, when I say puzzles I mean the real puzzles with puzzle pieces you have to put together to make a picture. In this world there are all sorts of puzzles; some puzzles are...
From Developer to Manager
03 May 2017References
Design Patterns
03 May 2017References
Python Notes
02 May 2017Python is interpreted language
Cognitive dissonance theory
01 May 2017Cognitive dissonance theory shows us that when our behavior doesn’t match our intentions, we feel discomfort. For example, a smoker might understand the health problems associated with smoking, yet may not choose to enter a program to help them quit smoking. When they become aware that their behavior (smoking) doesn’t...
April, 2017
Slicing Tic Tac Toe for beginners
28 April 2017When starting out with people learning software development I recommend a set of resources to get them started. Usually these are Code Kata’s and lanuage fundamentals with some reading.
4 Traps Every Programmer Needs to Avoid
22 April 2017I believe there are at least 4 traps every programmer needs to avoid.
Things to learn in 2017
18 April 2017Each year there is this proliferation of things to learn.
Satir Change Model
18 April 2017The Satir Change Model, created by Virginia Satir, depicts personal and organizational change as five stages:
Late Status Quo
Resistance
Chaos
Integration
New Status Quo
Apprenticeship Notes
15 April 2017Apprenticeship is a long term investment
Student Code Retreat Notes
11 April 2017A typical Code Retreat is a day long intensive practice event focussed at core practices that professional software developers use to create software. Typically this covers things like:
Remote Collaboration Notes
07 April 2017Need for everyone to feel like a first class citizen
Remote work can propose timezone issues
Identify key design changes before starting work helps
Pairing with time differeces is tough
March, 2017
Continous Delivery Notes
31 March 2017Tools
Pug Notes
21 March 2017Getting an anchor tag to rendor in li
When pair programming sucks
19 March 2017I’ve been a fan of pair programming for a number of years
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