Scrum is not the only way to organize agile organizations. To be effective, you need to combine Scrum, Kanban, and Extreme Programming (XP) in various ways. We talk in this focused chat about these the flavours, their similarities, their differences, and how to combine them based on your context. Adi Bolboaca is a VP, trainer […]

The topic of this Focused Chat is “You are NOT your code, or how to accept feedback”, where we discuss why programmers have a hard time getting emotionally detached from their code, how to gradually get over this challenge, why feedback is useful, and how it’s best if you seek feedback instead of dreading it.

Nicolas Carlo https://twitter.com/nicoespeon is a programmer who puts a lot of energy into communities, community building, learning and teaching, and he enjoys tackling legacy code. Some of Nicolas’ projects are Understanding Legacy Code https://understandlegacycode.com and Legacy Code First Aid Kit https://understandlegacycode.com/first-aid-kit Adrian Bolboaca is the VP of Innovation in Education and Technology at Mozaic Works,

The topic of this Focused Chat is “Styles of TDD”, where we discuss the different options of using TDD, where they are appropriate and the current understanding of these TDD styles. During our chat we discussed how to start using TDD in organizations, and what can be the benefits when TDD is used efficiently, but

How can we think about software products as an opportunity to radical change? Not only looking at short term profits, but making a change and a positive impact? Digital products started to generate pollution, similar with the pollution that the industrial age generated, only digital. Radhika Dutt is an entrepreneur and product leader who has

Welcome to our first ever Focused Chat! The topic we picked is “Business Urgency vs. Technical Debt”, and we discuss the common pattern, variations, and possible solutions. We also ended up chatting about the responsibilities of professional software developers, about power balance and organizational structures, and about conversations without technical jargon. Adi Bolboaca is a

When is pair programming useful? How do you know it works for you or your organization? What are some misconceptions about pair programming? And how do you adapt to working remotely when you want to pair? Watch this conversation between Adi Bolboaca and Alex Bolboaca on Remote Pair Programming to learn this and more. Adi

Is math training related to writing better code? What about writing novels? And what are the differences between a job that’s also a hobby and a job that’s just a job? Watch this conversation for answers to these questions and more. Clare Sudbery is a lead consultant engineer with Made Tech. She is a maths

What are the keys to modernizing software development? Are we really engineers? And how can we practically use complex adaptive systems, Cynefin, sensemaking, and experimentation to improve organizations? This fascinating conversation takes you through all these questions, and touches on semiotics and anthropology as keys to improving organizations. Ken Power is a leading expert on

Is serverless architecture another form of vendor lock-in? How do you deal with state in serverless? And how can you create the right engineering culture for developing serverless architecture? Watch this conversation between Sheen Brisals and Alex Bolboaca to learn this and more. Sheen Brisals is an AWS Serverless Hero. In his current role as