Alex Bolboaca – Page 9

Nov 17 2022

Resilience and Tacit Knowledge – The Twitter Case

By Alex Bolboaca / 1 minute of reading / Blog, Video

Alex is reacting to a very interesting article about Twitter’s expected problems after the recent layoffs. It’s a good time to discuss about hidden systemic issues in software development: tacit knowledge and the power of stable, cross-functional, self-organizing teams, and resilience in architecture. Article link: https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/08/1062886/heres-how-a-twitter-engineer-says-it-will-break-in-the-coming-weeks/

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Nov 5 2022

Tech Radar Vol 27

By Alex Bolboaca / 1 minute of reading / Blog, Video

A new version of the Tech Radar is available, and we introduce and react to it. Find it here: https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar

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Oct 29 2022

Amitai Schleier – Music, Programming, Discipline

By Alex Bolboaca / 1 minute of reading / Blog, Video

A chat between Alex Bolboaca and Amitai Schleier about software development careers, music, discipline, and practices.

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Oct 22 2022

Clean Code and Schools of Software Development

By Alex Bolboaca / 1 minute of reading / Blog, Video

On 31st August, Dan North posted a few tweets critiquing the Clean Code book. We react to those tweets and discuss what it means to have an opinionated school of software development – and why it’s important. The tweets in question: Check out our Clean Code learning program. It helps you understand the reasons for

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Oct 17 2022

Ada Lovelace – Dreaming of Code

By Alex Bolboaca / 1 minute of reading / Blog, Video

We are big fans of Ada Lovelace. Given the opportunity of Ada Lovelace Day 2022, let’s talk a bit of what makes her story so interesting.

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Oct 17 2022

Scrum Vs Kanban and Extreme Programming (XP)

By Alex Bolboaca / 1 minute of reading / Blog, Video

An overview of how Kanban and XP can work together compared to Scrum

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Oct 17 2022

Learning Techniques for Software Developers

By Alex Bolboaca / 1 minute of reading / Blog, Video

We talk about learning techniques, as showcased in the series “Alex learns htmx”.

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Oct 17 2022

Architecture vs. Big Design Up Front

By Alex Bolboaca / 1 minute of reading / Blog, Video

How much design up front do you really need when starting a new product? What is the relation between design up front and architecture? And what is architecture really about? We discuss this and more in this focused chat inspired by Simon Brown’s article “Software architecture isn’t about big design up front”. Interested in Software

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Oct 17 2022

Alex Learns HTMX Series

By Alex Bolboaca / 1 minute of reading / Blog, Video

In this video series, Alex showcases learning techniques by learning a new technology in real time. Enjoy!

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Jul 2 2022

Personal Responsibility Process

By Alex Bolboaca / 1 minute of reading / Blog, Video

We discuss the Personal Responsibility Process by Christopher Avery, a model that explains “how all people mentally process thoughts about avoiding or taking responsibility”. Find more info on the website https://responsibility.com/responsibility-process/ and in the book https://www.amazon.com/Responsibility-Process-Unlocking-Natural-Ability/dp/099774720X

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