Watch this excerpt to learn about the fascinating interwoven history of Personal Computers and Smalltalk. This excerpt is part of a longer conversation that you can watch here https://youtu.be/t3sEyIjQVHA. Alex Bolboaca is a programmer, CTO, author, trainer and coach at Mozaic Works. Allen Wirfs-Brok is an expert in programming languages and their implementation with broad […]

This is an excerpt from an episode of the Countercurrent podcast hosted by prof. Roger Kneebone. Listen to full podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/alexandru-bolboaca-in-conversation-with-roger-kneebone/id1121211583?i=1000532112141 Visit the channel and subscribe

Team agreements, or the social contract of a team, is a very useful tool to use when starting with self-organizing teams. Self-organizing means that the team has a lot of freedom in the way they structure their work, but this sometimes leads to conflicts or friction within the team. One solution to avoid these conflicts

What is intuition? How to use it? How do you enhance it? What are its problems? Watch Alex Bolboaca share his understanding of this topic, inspired from his teaching and consulting experience and books on behavioral psychology, design and decision making in different domains, and logical fallacies. The information presented is simplified. If you want

How did a pioneer of OOP think about it? And how was Smalltalk different? Watch this excerpt of a longer chat with Rebecca Wirfs-Brock about the fundamental ideas behind OOP. Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/RsOH9solGdE Rebecca Wirfs-Brock is an internationally recognized leader in the development of effective software design and architecture techniques. Among her

Today the hour changes due to the Daylight Saving Time in a few states in Europe. So it’s a good time to remember that date and time are more difficult than they seem for developers. Watch now to understand the effects of relativistic time on your code – something less common for now, but that

Today the hour changes due to the Daylight Saving Time in a few states in Europe. So it’s a good time to remember that date and time are more difficult than they seem for developers. Watch now for a few hints on how to test your date/time code better. This is an excerpt from a

We’re answering a question from a friend: how to plan medium term (3-5 sprints) releases with multiple teams? Adi Bolboaca is a VP, trainer and coach at Mozaic Works. Alex Bolboaca is a programmer, CTO, author, trainer and coach at Mozaic Works. Visit the channel and subscribe

Emily Bache is a polyglot programmer, experienced Technical Agile Coach, Trainer, Software Developer and Architect, with a focus on Test Driven Development and automated testing in general. She is developing the “Samman” coaching method which involves short, frequent training sessions and whole-team ensemble working on realistic tasks to practice new ways of working. She authored

It’s time for a new focused chat! The topic is resilience testing, and we discuss about what it means, its importance for business, the mindset required, and a few technical constructs that can help. Adi Bolboaca is a VP, trainer and coach at Mozaic Works. Alex Bolboaca is a programmer, CTO, author, trainer and coach