The outstanding engineer who wanted to become a mediocre manager
Why do so many outstanding software engineers become mediocre managers? A reflection on promotions, ambition, and why climbing the career ladder doesn't always mean moving up.
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I’m a Senior Software Engineer in Berlin. I like building for the web, writing things down, and giving curious ideas their own URL.
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Close encounters of the 90s kind
The beginning of my story with computers — a kid growing up in 90s Lebanon, chasing pixels, breaking machines, and unknowingly laying the first stones of a lifelong journey into programming.
Remembering jQuery
It is easy to forget the impact jQuery has had on web development. Let's take a minute to remember jQuery and celebrate its legacy.
We are Agile, but...
Agility has been robbed of its meaning. In a series of 10 anecdotes, I illustrate how organisations claiming to be agile are anything but.
Scrum is not for humans
Scrum is not the agility beacon it claims to be. It is time for self-organising teams to release themselves from the shackles of Agile.
Don't start with React
Learning technologies that the market is looking for is the logical thing to do. But should you start with React?