Service Oriented Agony
I sat down with a group of developers today to do a retrospective on a project. They told me that project management has been complaining...more.
Uncle Bob
The Ruby Colored Box
I recently read a blog about a guy who had a bad interview. The blog was well written and pretty funny. He metaphorically described...more.
Fecophiles
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I got an interesting email yesterday. It contained the following paragraph describing an email he had sent to his co-workers about a refactoring...more.
The Letter
We need to become a self-regulating and self-policing profession. The stakes are simply too high to allow software to remain in the current ad-hoc limbo...more.
Flipping the Bit
There’s a bit you need to flip in your head. It’s just one bit. In this blog we’ll call it “THE BIT”. Some...more.
The Barbarians are at the Gates
There’s a revolution coming. I wonder if anyone has noticed. It’s not subtle. It won’t be sublime, or easy to integrate. Indeed, it’ll probably muck...more.
Clean Architecture
In the weeks since I started talking about the need to clean up our architecture, I’ve noticed a surprising resistance to the idea. Apparently the...more.
Double Entry Bookkeeping Dilemma. Should I Invest or Not?
A few days ago I found this blog, which makes the case that
software developers who use TDD, should be pragmatic about...more.
Simple Hickey
Rich Hickey gave a great talk at Strange Loop entitled Simple Made Easy. I strongly recommend you spend an hour and listen to...more.
Screaming Architecture
Imagine that you are looking at the blueprints of a building. This document, prepared by an architect, tells you the plans for the building. What...more.
8th Light Needs a few good Craftsmen and Women
8th Light Needs a few good Craftsmen and Women
8th Light is a small group of Software Craftsmen who help companies get...more.