The same development problems, happen irrespective of the languages and platform you use; Delivery schedules Ticket Management Code Re-use Technical Debt API versioning Branching strategies Templates and Re-Use Data Access When we get past those problems, then the game will change.
Communities are everywhere you look. Software, sports, hobbies, gaming, building, bird-watching, coding, thinking, etc, etc. But are they communities? Do they all share the same characteristics and agree to the same norms? Or are they all thrown together with the hope that they someday might become a community, that one day they could come together? I’ve always looked at a community as not something you sign up for, but something that comes together, when you’re…
When someone asks “How do we solve this?” And the solution is a vintage, time-tested, battle-hardened approach that works. You know it’s going to be a good day. I haven’t written multi-threaded code in a long time, but man when the opportunity popped up I jumped to it. I never met a thread I didn’t like.
Every now and again, we get overwhelmed with all we are doing and we need to find our reminder for why we are doing something. Is it our love for the work? Is it a particular aspect? What is it that makes you want to do this “thing” that right now is stressing you out? You might not be able to avoid everything, but sometimes we need a reminder as to why we’re there.
Probably not who you think it is. Probably not the person with the title. Probably not the person who gets the most goals. They might have some of the above, even all of it, and in some cases, they could be the leader of your team. But they might not be and that’s what you need to make allowance for. Titles, salaries – don’t make them the leader – they give them a position where…