Reflections, experiences and lessons learned working with technology teams
This week I want to talk about a podcast from techlead journal (link at the end), in which they interview the author of the book Wrong fit, right fit. In the podcast, the author (André Martin) talks about company culture …
There is often talk about whether meetings are worthwhile, and whether they should be abolished altogether because they are a waste of time. Personally I find this view somewhat extreme, but I understand that it responds …
Those of you who have used ChatGPT, Google Bard or similar, have probably found that sometimes these chatbots make up the answers to our questions. This is what is commonly known as hallucinations.
To understand why they …
DPE stands for Developer Productivity Engineering and is the name of a new discipline that aims to improve developer productivity through automation, observability and tool enhancement.
The work of a developer when …
A Fractional CTO is a professional who has worked as a CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in technology companies or startups and now offers this expertise as a freelance or consulting service. This model allows companies to …
Some startups hire a full-stack developer for the CTO position, because they do not have the budget for an experienced CTO. There is a belief that in the early stages a developer can take over the CTO position, and learn …
When you start a startup you have a blank sheet of paper: the possibilities are endless and while it is true that there is no 100% effective manual on how to get started, there are recommendations about what usually …
This summer I have been traveling around Norway and I have been surprised to see how most of the stores adopt to a greater or lesser extent the self-service model to offer their services. For example, in coffee shops it …
This relationship is known as Conway’s law, which was made by Melvin Conway in 1967 and reads as follows: “Organizations that design systems […] are limited to producing designs that are copies of the …