Mark Pearl

April, 2018

Predictability Needs

Saw this on twitter on predictability, thought it was worth considering…

Temp

March, 2018

February, 2018

January, 2018

Things to watch in 2018

See 2019’s Things to read and watch See 2017’s Things to read and watch

Beyond Developer

These notes are based off the talk by Dan North called “Byond Developer”

Meaningful Learning Projects

This post is an adaptation from a post by Dave Hooper on Breakable Toys. Dave’s original project referred to breakable toys. I hate the metaphor but the underlying concepts were still valid. This post is an attempt to convey the concepts while changing the metaphor.

December, 2017

New reading list

Some books I want to read in the next few months…

How to ask for feedback

When you work with people that think the way you think you rarely need feedback - you already know what they are thinking. Unfortunately working with people that think the same way you think leads to one dimensional solutions, that’s not what we are after. Instead we want to introduce...

Scaling Organizations

Fixed hiring standards (or a hiring approach, e.g. test-driving) Stop-the-line and fix the root cause of production issues No flaky tests (tests that routinely fail, but are ignored) Maximum limits for “unplanned” work Ability to push changes into production in [some time duration] Everyone does time in the support queue...

5 Whys

The 5 Whys Problem-solving method

November, 2017

Peer review feedback notes

I understand that this will require some effort to give feedback however I believe it is important. I would like you to keep the following in mind: Make your feedback straightforward and honest Be kind, not nice Highlight areas of improvement Don’t write a book Don’t worry that what you...

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