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Teams getting bigger, organisations getting smaller. What that asks of engineers and leaders.
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Time-to-Value
Time-to-market is an incomplete measure.
Why AI is net positive for learning
..for now and for some.
Nifties
Some tinkering.
Retro: AI in the SDLC
Learnings from driving AI adoption in the software development lifecycle.
Annual review 2025/26
Reviewing 2025’s progress and setting the focus for 2026.
The joy of a manager
The source of energy as an invidual contributor and a manager.
Retro: Implementing continuous delivery
Learnings from implementing continuous delivery.
Standards
A collection of standards that I’ve seen work well in different contexts.
Respond with a link
A simple approach to building a well documented knowledge base.
Visibility
Visibility done right isn’t self-promotion, it’s a signal of good work.
Vibing a poker clock
Impressions from vibing a poker clock.
Engineering principles
My thoughts on the principles that underpin great engineering culture.
Tech Debt
I’ve come to deeply dislike the term tech debt.
Annual review 2024/25
Reviewing 2024’s progress and setting the focus for 2025.
A personal README
It was not easy to click the share button, but I am glad I did. I wrote a personal README, to promote transparency and openness when starting a new role.
How do you stay productive?
By all means, to-do lists and good old Pomodoro can be valuable. To unlock real productivity though, it is more important to get the basics right.
My system of learning
Continuous learning is instrumental to my motivation and happiness. Over the years, I have formalized my pursuit of learning into a simple system. This article describes a simple approach to finding information, capturing knowledge and extracting value, together with the resources and tools to enable it.
Annual review 2023/24
I have been experimenting with various approaches to personal growth and goal setting, trying to make it lean and effective. This article describes how I am currently doing it, and includes my goals for 2024.
Is 100% code coverage better than 80%?
The art of writing tests is not straightforward, and writing good tests is even harder. Check out this post to learn how you can verify if your tests are doing what they are supposed to. And if you want to know what Ninja Turtles, X-Men and effective tests have in common.
Migrating a promotions engine
This article describes in depth how we managed to replace one of the most critical components of our checkout experience, with zero downtime. It was a large-scale migration involving approximately 30 teams and 500 active users.
Getting started
Chapter one. I hope to look back one day on an archive filled with my thoughts at various points in life, and this post is where it started. While the exact content of this blog is undecided to a large extent, my motivation is clear.
Notetaker
A brief introduction.