Over the 15+ years of my development career, I have learned several things that significantly increase my effectiveness. In this…
In this blog post I share the Guidelines for New Software Projects that we use at Wikimedia Deutschland. I wrote…
Simplicity is possibly the single most important thing on the technical side of software development. It is crucial to keep…
Last week I attended the 2016 edition of the PHP Unconference Europe, taking place in Palma De Mallorca. This post…
Every now and then I get asked how to convince ones team members that Pair Programming is worthwhile. Often the…
Last week I attended the I T.A.K.E. unconference in Bucharest. This unconference is about software development, and has tracks such…
I’ve decided to start a series of short blog posts on how PHP gets in the way of creating of well…
I’ve just read the interesting blog post Learn To Code, It’s Harder Than You Think. This post outlines two mistakes…
Last week I attended SoCraTes UK 2015, the UK edition of the International Software Craftsmanship and Testing Gathering. This blog…
A while back I somehow stumbled upon a little paper about the Big Ball of Mud patten. This was an…