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Some Developing Thoughts about Facilitating a Retrospective
I recommend reading this post first. I received lots of insightful and thought-provoking feedback on my first post about retrospectives...
Aug 1, 202210 min read
The 10x Developer: A Myth
Have you heard of this concept of a 10x developer? It's someone brilliant who manages to magically output 10 times as much as other...
Jun 13, 20228 min read
The Timing of a Regularly-Occurring Sprint Retrospective
TLDR: The retro should be the first activity that day. It should happen first thing in the morning. The ideal is that individuals are...
Jun 1, 20225 min read
Some Nascent Thoughts on Facilitating A Retrospective
Lately I've been reflecting a lot on leadership and management within the software development world. Today I was planning to list some...
May 30, 202213 min read
Code Review Series: Thank your reviewer
What? First, let me clarify what I mean here. I don't mean you need to get up and walk over to your reviewer and say "Thanks for the...
Nov 7, 20213 min read
Code Review Series: Set your reviewer up for success
How? Technique #1 Review your own code multiple times before sending it off for someone else to review Remove any “noise” Get rid of...
Oct 25, 20214 min read
Code Review Series: When to review code
How does your team handle code review? Do you assign each pull request (PR) to a specific person(s) for review? Or do you mark your PR as...
Oct 10, 20214 min read
Code Review Series: Who can review code
At Trainline (where I currently work as an iOS developer) on the iOS team, a pull request (PR) needs at least one approval before it can...
Sep 26, 20214 min read
Code Review Series: Introduction
I've got a lot of ideas about code review, and I'm excited to share them with you through a series of blogposts. I'm planning to publish...
Sep 11, 20211 min read
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