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📅 June 7, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 2 minutes read

When I Died – Rushing In And Lack Of Caution

This episode covers one of the more dramatic points of my youth where a lack of caution lead to me being declared dead. However, the declaration was hardly from a medical professional. Nevertheless, the…

📅 June 2, 2022 Become a Better Developer ⏱ 2 minutes read

Creating Software Patterns and Anti-Patterns – Document Your Experience

We have had many discussions about software patterns and anti-patterns over the years. However, we have not talked about creating software patterns. That is an important topic because they have to come from somewhere,…

📅 June 2, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 2 minutes read

Towed Away : Highlight Features

We explore another auto-related mistake in my past in this episode to spend time discussing a need to highlight features. In fact, an argument can be made that unknown features are not features at…

📅 June 1, 2022 Restful API Testing ⏱ 3 minutes read

Using Karate For Restful API Testing

Welcome to the next presentation on API testing, in this presentation we continue our discussion on Using Karate For Restful API Testing. We begin with, an overview of what Karate is and where to…

📅 May 31, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 2 minutes read

A Stolen Car : Playing The Odds And Question Everything

This episode is a tale that shows us that we should question everything. Yes, even our assumptions. Actually, our assumptions first. We have so many sources of information available and yet we still tend…

📅 May 26, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 2 minutes read

A Mistake In Choosing A Major – Prepare For Meetings

The first mistake I want to share in this season is when I chose a major in college. While I was young and naive, it still is a teachable moment to prepare for meetings.…

📅 May 24, 2022 Grow From Failures ⏱ 2 minutes read

Using Failures To Gain Success – The Season 17 Overview

We start season 17 with an overview of what to expect. This season will focus on using failures to gain success. Too much is made of the road to success without pointing out the…

📅 April 28, 2022 Architecture Patterns and Anti-Patterns ⏱ 2 minutes read

Using Patterns and Anti-Patterns : Season Wrap-up

We end this season with a look at using patterns and anti-patterns throughout your work. The value they provide is obvious and costs little. We gain the lessons learned from others and have those…

📅 April 26, 2022 Architecture Patterns and Anti-Patterns ⏱ 3 minutes read

Big Hairy Audacious Goals – An Anti-Pattern

The BHAG or Big Hairy Audacious Goals approach to vision or roadmaps is often recommended. The objective is to keep from limiting ourselves. The problem is that too much of a good thing can…

📅 April 21, 2022 Architecture Patterns and Anti-Patterns ⏱ 3 minutes read

Rinse And Repeat – A template pattern

One of the most powerful and useful patterns I have come across is one we will call rinse and repeat. It may also be seen as copy and paste or templates. However, the result…