Just like any other agile team, we meet each day to discuss blockers and what we planned to work on. The goal of the meeting is to get everyone on the same page and make it clear when there is friction. We even tried async written standups. Then we cancelled...
Still scared to ship to production on Friday afternoon? Even after reading our previous post on maturing your release process? Here’s some practical advice on evolving your releases — from a fearful event to a trivial byproduct of building software. Building a release and go-to-market strategy is only possible when...
I’m new to pair programming. While the concept of pair programming is certainly not new to me (see among many, “The Clean Coder” by Robert C. Martin), I admit I previously did not have many opportunities to actually pair. It was either foreign to others or they just “didn’...
Some weeks ago, I was doing a talk about how you can make pair programming effective and enjoyable. Everything went well until I got a question which I couldn’t directly answer. The questioner had some experience with pair programming and asked me how you can avoid getting frustrated when...
At madewithlove, we take much pride in our company values. They are ingrained in everything we do, from selecting customers to managing our work-life balance to hiring new candidates. To achieve these company values, we need all of our colleagues to be honest human beings who have a passion for...
A couple of months ago, I was invited by the university I graduated from to be one of the speakers in an event in my home country of Brazil. The main audience consisted of students and local developers. I wanted to create a talk for everyone and I knew there...
The following post will discuss how you can guide a team to a better way of working. Important side note: this post assumes that the team, and by extension the organization you’re working for are open to your help and have a healthy organizational culture. Be aware of situations...
It is quite easy to see pair programming as using double the resources for writing the same piece of code. If wrongly applied, this might even be the case, so why do experienced pair programmers feel like it is more efficient than working on their own? Let’s take a...
Most software engineers are aware of the fact that pair programming can have some huge advantages. It’s one of the most efficient ways to share knowledge, it gives you an almost instant feedback loop, and it results in higher quality, less error-prone code. Pair programming can be draining though....