Software development

Making mistakes: Part 3

Never underestimate a coder’s pride. I did that a few years back, when I joined a project with a new customer. The team consisted of four developers on site, led by a senior software architect and a group manager. Three more developers were also hired from another country to help create highly encapsulated features. This was the first customer project where I was presented with continuous integration, gated check ins, automated tests and code analysis tools like SonarQube. The software architect – let’s call him Stephen – had put a lot of effort into this development process, and he had done a really great job with it. Naturally, I was very enthusiastic about the project and I immediately felt that this was going to be great fun. We… Continue Reading…

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First words revisited

My blog has been up and running for about an orca’s gestation period, so I think it’s time to check on the progress. In my first post, I mentioned some of my hopes and expectations. I also wrote that I’d come back to that to see what has worked out and what hasn’t, so here goes. The blog experiment has been a success so far. I’ve managed to write down quite a lot of things, which has freed up my mind a bit. There is still a lot of ground to cover, but it’s a start, and I’m glad I did it. I did manage to write a bunch of articles on work related topics, that I have successfully given to clients and co-workers as a sort of… Continue Reading…