This page provides some general notes that will help you get the most out of this site. The Introductory Series provides the foundation of most of the rest of the site, so it’s probably a good idea to start there, or at least go there after reading whatever you are [...]
Sometimes in software, because it is an ethereal product – we can’t really touch and taste our code or the architectural formations in our software – it is hard to make common-sense decisions about it, even though really smart people are involved. To combat this challenge, I frequently resort to [...]
In the previous post, I mentioned that I use analogies extensively and gave an example from one of my favorite domains – manufacturing. I realized that I short-changed the readers by not also delivering an analogy using my other predictable topic – sports. This post is an attempt to [...]
Software Engineers love to write code – this is probably not a surprise to anyone. What might be less well known by those who are less technical is that there are two main categories of Engineering work: New Creations – for some projects, the Engineers are creating something that has [...]
So you want to make a meaningful or radical difference in your company? To do so, you have to tackle something that makes a 10x type of improvement. I have had the good fortune of being part of several of these types of changes. It shouldn’t surprise you that [...]
