Are Estimates Actually Valuable?
A video reacting to comments on estimates by our viewer yugr: we have a toolbox of practices, each practice has an applicability domain, estimates are no different.
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Renaissance Developer
Dr. Werner Vogels, CTO at Amazon, has published recently a set of predictions for 2026 and beyond. We focus on one of them: “The dawn of renaissance developers”.
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How do I convince my colleagues to <practice>
After going through our courses on clean code, refactoring, TDD, or software design, a common question is “how do I convince my colleagues to follow these practices?”. The answer is more subtle than you might expect, and it involves an interesting trip to the patterns community.
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Cynefin Applied to AI transformations
As AI transformations start ramping up in large organizations, they face the same dilemma as previous initiatives: innovation is fastest with freedom, while organizational stability requires constraints. To navigate this contradiction, Alex revisits the trusted tool of Cynefin sense-making device, that turns out has an even better applicability for AI transformations. If you want to
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AI Transformations Will Change Your Role
In 2026, large organizations will transform due to AI and blur the lines between roles still considered distinct today.
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DNS Exemplifies Distributed Systems Tradeoffs
The internet was designed to survive a nuclear attack, yet it doesn’t survive a DNS misconfiguration. We can blame centralization, but look deeper: any distributed architecture is subject to forces that push it in conflicting directions.
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LLMs are Highly Insecure
Applications using LLMs open to a huge number of vulnerabilities and potential attacks. Learn why and what to do to enhance the security of your products. Links:
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Security Jargon for Developers
In which Alex explains the meaning of this phrase: “The threat actor used OSINT reconnaissance to map our attack surface, exploited a vulnerability to gain initial access, then used lateral movement and privilege escalation before exfiltrating PII and establishing persistence”
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Residuality theory solves architecture
Residuality theory is a fascinating theory about designing stable architecture over time, created by Barry O’Reilly. Alex takes a look at it, and it might be the practice that solves software architecture and design. Links:
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Reaction to InfoQ AI Trends Report 2025
InfoQ has published the latest AI, ML and Data Engineering Report for 2025, and Alex reacts to the parts that affect software development.
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