into Great Software Teams
A team sport Last year I've finally obtained the certificate of competency authorizing me to operate sailing yachts so I've spent a part of my long vacation on a boat. I love sailing. Sailing is pretty much about the experience and learning the right skills. Every moment on the water is different, and it's important … Continue reading A bunch of individuals doesn’t make a team
Just one more... Do you know the feeling of I'll compile it just one more time or I'll fix only this one more bug? The thought that suck you into few more hours of writing code? Then you notice there's no one working anymore or there's late at night already and there's high time to … Continue reading Take a break
It's not the ink—it's the think “It's not the ink—it's the think,” wrote Robert Mankoff (New Yorker cartoon editor), answering to the question how to get ideas for cartoons by people who want to submit them to The New Yorker. "There really is no trick—you just have to think of them" he said. It's the same in creating … Continue reading Inking and thinking in software development
The production system broke last Tuesday... I got a phone call last Tuesday around 8 pm. The operator told me a daily task broke in the production and I had to take care of it as soon as possible. I turned on my laptop and connected to the customer's system. I checked the error logs and … Continue reading Feeling stuck? Getting past the programming blockade.
