The other day, @ddgenome described architecting applications for the cloud. One of the tenets was: security by design. The top rectangle represents the old model: security by assumption. Depend on the firewall, the same security for every application component. The lower rectangle represents security by design: each component is a responsible adult, and makes appropriate … Read moreTeamwork by Design
In your team, do you feel like you fit in? Do you have a feeling of belonging? These are very different questions.[2] When I fit in, it’s because everyone is sufficiently alike. We have inside jokes, TV shows or sports we talk about, opinions we share and common targets of ridicule. New people can fit … Read moreFitting in v. Belonging
In the computer industry, data and conscious thinking are praised, as opposed to an integrated awareness.[1] How is the work going? the task-tracking tools, the commits, and the build results provide data, but only conversations with the team can provide awareness. Awareness of mood and relationships and trends, of uncertainties and risks. Perhaps this is … Read moreData v Awareness
“Quality software.” It means something different to everyone who hears it. You know quality when you see it, right? Or maybe when you smell it. Like a good perfume. Perfume preferences are different for everyone, and quality means something different for every application. In perfume, we can discover and describe our preferences using the Fragrance … Read moreThe Quality Wheel
Failure is not an option: failure is inevitable. As our software systems grow, it gets harder to deny this. One technique that helps us cope is to isolate failure domains.[1] This means: for each component, understand the scope of impact when failure happens. Limit this to a defined portion of the system – a failure … Read moreIsolate Failure Domains with PFWF
What can we learn about our projects with a little data science and a lot of version control?Locate the most dangerous code! Find where Conway’s Law is working against us! Know who to talk to about a change you want to make! See whether our architectural principles are crumbling! Adam Tornhill’s book shows both how … Read moreYour Code as a Crime Scene: book review
Notes from Craft Conference 2015, Budapest. Craft conference was all about microservices this year.[1] Yet, it was about so much more at the same time — even when it was talking about microservices. lobby of the venue. Very cool, and always packed Dan and I went on about microservices in our opening keynote,[2] about how it’s not … Read morePost-agile: microservices and heads-up development
Biggest visible distinguisher of great teams: there is no roadmap – Marty Cagan #CraftConf — Jessica Kerr (@jessitron) April 24, 2015 Great teams are focused on results, not on projects. But how many of us really see the results of our efforts? Can we track the impact of what we’re doing today all the way … Read moreCharting team course with a Seamap
Today I’m getting my bangs dyed pink. After the lightening, my stylist (Jeff) had one of his coworkers put the pink dye in. She followed instructions, covering the lightened hair with the provided pink goo. After the dye rinsed out, there was still a lot of yellow. The pink wasn’t dark enough. Jeff recognized the … Read more
This Prezi movie expresses my reflections on the process of choosing the next place to work.The embedded app below doesn’t work for me – does it for you? This does: click the play button in the lower-left of the presentation window here at Prezi. Meta: About the Medium I love Prezi as a tool for … Read moreLooking for work