Enabling courage
Last week I wrote a post about courage. Courage is a skill – an essential skill if you want to lead. There are two stories I shared and having some courage was the ingredient that… Read More »Enabling courage
Do you have the courage to be a team lead?
It’s a hot summer. You and a small team of developers are trying to put your product to the cloud. You work hard, but it’s a huge, never ending amount of work. It’s never done…… Read More »Do you have the courage to be a team lead?
Software principles for non-software developers – Single-responsibility-principle
The story is about a man, called Bai Ivan. Bai Ivan lives in Sofia but spends a lot of time in a nearby village, where he owns a small house. This house is an endless… Read More »Software principles for non-software developers – Single-responsibility-principle
Three Surprises About Change
Our story begins with an awesome software product, many software developers, and a manager. Over time, the codebase of the software grew and it became slower to write code for it and reliably put that… Read More »Three Surprises About Change
Learning to Unit Test
I love unit testing and Test-Driven Development (TDD). Ever since I started using them, I felt I became a happier, better, and more productive software developer. I love how TDD “forces” me to think about… Read More »Learning to Unit Test
The Unicorn Project Review
It’s years since I listened to “The Phoenix Project” – a book I liked and recommended to friends and colleagues. So imagine my surprise when I received an email asking to review an upcoming “sequel”… Read More »The Unicorn Project Review
Switch – How to change things when change is hard. A Book Review
I love to read or listen to books. Some books I forget immediately, some I just listen and never go back, some I take extensive notes. However, from time to time, I find a book… Read More »Switch – How to change things when change is hard. A Book Review
Reading is Simple, Learning is Hard to Do
I have read a lot of self-improvement and leadership books, books about the work that I do, books that make you better and make you work better. There are many great books out there and… Read More »Reading is Simple, Learning is Hard to Do
To program is to understand
As a computer programmer I enjoy the most: to write new code to modify existing code to read and understand code This is the question I asked many of my programming friends recently. After posting… Read More »To program is to understand
Speaking about JUnit 5 at JPrime Conference
I had the great pleasure to attend and speak at JPrime, held on the 30-31 of May 2017 in my home town of Sofia, Bulgaria. My talk was about JUnit 5. If you know me… Read More »Speaking about JUnit 5 at JPrime Conference