☀️ While I’m out: A 6-part deep dive on TDD, engineering culture and leadership

Hey folks, I’m taking a short summer break 🏝️
But I didn’t want to leave you without something good to think (and rant) about…

So I’ve queued up a 6-part Substack series, each based on a popular coaching stream from earlier this year. They’re hand-picked, summarised, and structured to help you reflect on how you test, how you ship, and how your team works together.

Starting Saturday, July 19, you’ll get:

✅ Testing ideas that either empower or block your team
✅ Rants about mocking, rework, and why we delete tests
✅ Reflections on what good CTOs actually care about
✅ And insights from the field that aren’t in any textbook

This is a good time to subscribe if you aren’t already.

1. Every Mock Is a Bet Against Your Design — July 19

2. Mocks, Fakes, Stubs, Doubles, Shunts ayayay! — July 21

3. Getting Out of the Never-Tester Mindset — July 23

4. Should TDD Be Mandatory? — July 24

5. Dynamic Teaming & What Good CTOs Ask About TDD — July 25

6. TDD & Commit: Is Unit Testing Harmful? — July 26

I’ll be back soon with new posts and live sessions—but until then, enjoy the series.

✉️ Each one includes timestamped highlights.
💬 Reply to any of them if something clicks (or breaks).
📅 And if you missed a day, they’ll all be up on the archive.

— Denis