Welcome back to Not So Random Software, this week’s links are dedicated to team values. Team values help you define what a great job looks like; you might value speed over quality, or you might value working together over fully delegating to the experts. These are not easy choices to make because each choice works…
Year: 2020
Not So Random Software #14 – Memory
Welcome back to Not So Random Software, this week’s links are dedicated to Memory! No, I am not talking about computer memory like how to design your perfect caching strategy, but human memory…but are the two actually so different? Join me in this random walk. A random article or paper How much information the average…
Not So Random Software #13 – Observability
Welcome back to Not So Random Software. This week’s links are dedicated to Observability; the capability to observe the system’s current state and how the system reached such a state. I have been researching this topic for a lightning talk at the London Ruby User Group and here are some of the links I found….
Not So Random Software #12 – Software Architecture
Welcome back to Not So Random Software. This week’s links are dedicated to Software Architecture. Experts might define it as the art of taking decisions that are hard to change. Being a Software Architect is a role that you can either do full time — mindful of any ivory tower risk — or opportunistically —…
Not So Random Software #11 – Hiring
Welcome back to Not So Random Software. This week’s links are dedicated to Hiring; how to navigate skills shortage landscape, reflections on what you actually need, and tools that might be helpful to get it done. A random article or paper The First Round blog publishes wisdom from the top tech companies in Silicon Valley….
Not So Random Software #10 – Automation
Welcome back to Not So Random Software. This week’s links are dedicated to Automation and how we can keep a healthy relationship with it. A random article or paper In an automated system two roles are left for the human operator; (a) monitoring that the automated system is working correctly, and (b) taking over control…
Not So Random Software #9 – Anger Management
Welcome back to Not So Random Software. This week’s links are dedicated to Anger and our relation to it. As Seneca pointed out many years ago we often suffer more in imagination than in reality. Our response to feelings of anger make all the difference to what happens afterwards and our happiness. A random article…
Not So Random Software #8 – Time
Welcome back to Not So Random Software. This week’s links are dedicated to Time and our relation to it. If you are anything like me you see time running faster and faster the more we get involved in our career; you need to build your strategy to not let the most precious asset in your…