Posts in 2022
  • Doing Agile

    2022-03-10 in 2022

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    In the midst of the agile adoption explosion, many teams are experiencing difficulties. Organizations often mix agile with Scrum. One of the most common misconceptions about Scrum is that it is synonymous with agile. Agile Manifesto is an umbrella …

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  • Agile and Nearshore Development

    2022-02-05 in 2022

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    The majority of software product development initiatives use an agile approach. The most popular framework is currently Scrum. It is natural that organizations would gravitate towards the many benefits agile ideas provide. Scarce resources and …

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  • The Quest for an Agile Company: Six Years tangly llc

    2022-02-01 in 2022

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    Historically, big beats small. Scale was a sufficient advantage to be successful in the market. Now, fast and adaptive beats slow and steadfast. New technologies, evolving customer preferences and changing employee expectations are fundamentally …

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  • Evaluate Technical CVs

    2022-01-10 in 2022

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    The goal of a curriculum vitae is to get an invitation to a job interview. I review hundreds of CVs and must select a few candidates we should invite. Each interview will cost hundreds of Euros to the company. I must minimize the number of …

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  • Immutability in Java

    2022-01-05 in 2022

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    Immutability is a powerful and simple concept in programming theory that is strangely underused. An immutable object is simply a class whose instances cannot be modified. This is in contrast to a mutable object or changeable object, which can be …

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  • Technical Debt

    2022-01-03 in 2022

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    The technical debt or code debt is a concept in software development that reflects the implied cost of additional rework. The rework is caused by choosing an easy limited solution now instead of using a better approach that would take longer to …

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Posts in 2021
  • Spotify Cultural Elements

    2021-12-12 in 2021

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    Recently, a client told me that they were adopting the Spotify Model. This statement sounded great for him. Spotify has published some great articles and videos about how they have grown and transformed their organization to be agile. Then it …

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  • Gradle 7

    2021-11-03 in 2021

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    Gradle Build Tool is my preferred build tool for all Java applications I am developing. Google chose Gradle as the official build tool for Android. Not only because build scripts are code, but because Gradle is modeled in a way that is extensible in …

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  • Choice is Good

    2021-11-02 in 2021

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    First and foremost, our primary goal is to develop successful products and delight users. We are always looking for good practices to improve our odds. Product development is a risky business. We want to expand our toolbox with proven approaches. We …

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  • JDk 17

    2021-10-10 in 2021

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    I truly love the new release rhythm of the Java ecosystem. Every six months a new JDK is delivered. Being able to use new features every six months is awesome. The new release JDK 17 [3] is the next long-term support LTS release. The migration …

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