“I’m not a great programmer; I’m just a good programmer with great habits.” You have probably already heard this famous quote by Kent Beck. It is one of the most insightful quotes I heard in my career, because it carries hope.Hope that you, me, anybody can become great by relying […]
It is commonly said in IT, at least in Agile circles, that we can’t design software like we design building, using Waterfall approach. Then we often said, including myself, that even if it works with the design of building, software really is a different beast. But have we asked ourselves how well […]
Do you know a job hard to explain, hard to do and usually underestimate? Of course, I’m talking about the job of designer 😊What do I know about it? Almost nothing, like anybody after reading a book. This book is the bible in this area: the design of everyday things, […]
Let me tell you a story.This is a story about a brand new software project, using last technologies and mobile devices, a really important project for BigCorp. They want to use this new product as a vitrine to show how good they are to create mobile applications. The gold rush […]
“Confronting and solving problems is a painful process which most of us attempt to avoid. And the very avoidance results in greater pain and inability to grow both mentally and spiritually”. Does it remember you something? Root cause analysis, Domain Driven Design and so many practices in IT are about […]
This book is the second-best seller by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. I’ve already commented the first one. It was basically one of the most pleasant reading experience I had so far, in terms of presentation. Knowing that they have written a book about remote working, I had it […]
Does it already happen to you that a book is so good that you can’t stop read it? I’ve experienced it a few times. For H2G2, the Lord Of the Rings or the Dark Tower for example. But for the first time it happens with an IT book: The Computer […]
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture is one of the many interested books written by Martin Fowler. I have a lot of respect for Martin, mainly because he’s able to constantly challenge himself and improve his craft, since several decades. Here is what I like and dislike about this book. A […]
I discovered DHH during the « TDD is dead» trend with an ambiguous feeling. I highly value (smart) people with different opinions about testing, craftsmanship and software, but at first glance, DHH looks pretty bumptious to me. Who’s this guy I’ve never heard of before who decides that one of my favourite […]
“As a principle objective, we must attempt to minimize the burden of documentation, the burden neither we nor our predecessors have been able to bear successfully” “My first proposal is that each software organization must determine and proclaim that great designers* are as important to its success as great managers […]