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📅 July 26, 2019 Become a Better Developer ⏱ 2 minutes read

Book Recommendations During That Long Road Trip

Whether in audio form or the old-school paper version, books are an essential part of becoming a better developer. Better yet, they can help us enjoy life and lead to overall success. As we…

📅 July 24, 2019 Tools We Use ⏱ 2 minutes read

Podcast Recommendations To Improve Your Life

As a podcaster, I am also a fan. I listen to numerous shows and have for many years. Therefore it makes sense to offer an episode of podcast recommendations. There is an enormous number…

📅 July 22, 2019 Become a Better Developer ⏱ 2 minutes read

Disney World Lessons For Product Development

A recent trip to Disney World was a memorable experience in many ways. However, as an entrepreneur, the lessons for product development approaches sparked a presentation. One of the mind-boggling parts of the experience…

📅 July 22, 2019 Become a Better Developer ⏱ 2 minutes read

Removing Solvers Block

In this stand-alone episode, we look at solvers block. This is what I call the situation where one can not seem to push through to a solution. It is not due to options that…

📅 July 19, 2019 Common Anti-Patterns ⏱ 3 minutes read

The AntiPattern Season in Review

We have marched through 31 examples during this antipattern season. Therefore, we have enough of them to step back and look at themes, bad habits, and commonalities. While it is helpful to know about…

📅 July 17, 2019 Common Anti-Patterns ⏱ 3 minutes read

Death By Planning – A Rigid Anti-Pattern

Death by planning is an anti-pattern that makes us look like lemmings. We make a plan, and then we follow it mindlessly. This approach can work for some projects like building a house. However,…

📅 July 15, 2019 Common Anti-Patterns ⏱ 3 minutes read

The Fire Drill Anti-Pattern

The fire drill anti-pattern is one that falls on project management. While we can personally place ourselves in this sort of situation, the anti-pattern comes from planning. To be specific, it comes from poor…

📅 July 13, 2019 Become a Better Developer ⏱ 3 minutes read

Success and The Pareto Principle

While everyone desires perfection, there is a cost to creating it. Balance is essential for us to get products out the door that are good without waiting to make them perfect. Thus, the Pareto…

📅 July 12, 2019 Common Anti-Patterns ⏱ 3 minutes read

The Throw It Over The Wall Anti-Pattern

The throw it over the wall anti-pattern is shared across a broad range of disciplines. However, it is particularly damaging to the software development process. We will focus on that discipline as we dig…

📅 July 10, 2019 Common Anti-Patterns ⏱ 3 minutes read

Analysis Paralysis – An Over-thinking Anti-Pattern

The “Analysis Paralysis” anti-pattern may be the most well known. It has a few other names. However, a search on this one will return a broad range of results. The detrimental effects of thinking…