Tag: Ways-of-Working

24 Mar 2026
It Gets Everywhere
In 1999, I was building websites in ASP (before there was .NET) and MSSQL Server. We had a Windows NT server that I had...
24 Mar 2026
Even Light Gets Heavier
A dedicated input type is better than reusing your domain model at the API boundary. Test layers matter. Writing log st...
21 Jan 2025
There are no best practices
I was watching [a video by Dave Thomas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3yIKD6yMhA) (one of the authors of The Pragmat...
12 Dec 2024
Agile, the hope killer!
Two weeks into mapping out a project, I realised that we'd underestimated the lead-time. We'd have to push for overtime...
28 Dec 2023
Compassion
When you think about corporations and their culture, it's unlikely that compassion is at the top of the list. It's like...
06 Dec 2023
A Longing for the Sea
One of my recently favourite quotes is: > _If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't...
29 Nov 2023
A new way
Having been involved in the rat race for decades, it is time to try something different. We live in the belief that wh...