The whole industry is a mess — It has been 7 years of driving our Skoda Octavia 2.0 TDI 4x4. We bought the car almost as new and it has served it’s time very well. No big problems and overall it has been a very good car. Still, we thought that now it could be good time…

Why software development has turned into integration? — Last week, we had a coffee with my friend and we were talking about our jobs as we both work in the software industry. One of the themes was that it has become more boring than it used to be and we quickly identified the reason: it doesn’t feel so…

Tooling and principles of document writing, generation and publishing — One of the first questions when starting a, or jumping into an existing, software project is where all the documentation is stored and how to access it. This means design documents, architectural diagrams, requirements, technical documents and other documentation that is needed. Sometimes it’s in office cabinets printed on A4s…

List of facts some people in software industry think are true — “I can smell bullshit from a mile away but it’s so much harder to detect when it’s around you all day.” ~ Dane Cook Here’s a list of bullshit facts I’ve faced over the years in software engineering. Some of the things in the list might be strongly opinionated so…

What, how and why do You need it? — InnerSource is an idea by Tim O’Reilly to use open source software development practices in corporate landscape. This means allowing everyone in the organization to implement and propose ideas across organizational limits. By allowing this, projects can achieve reduced costs and time-to-market as well as promote innovation and better code…

And other observations of gaming over the years — Last weekend we had a LAN party with my friends. The event wasn’t completely on local network and most of the people joined over the internet so not sure it can be called LAN party in its original meaning. Anyhow, we got together and played a lot of PC games…

Technical Debt Development (TDD) is the new trend — You might know TDD for something else than Technical Debt Development what this story is about. To really shine in this art form, you can follow these easy steps: Put a lot of pressure to deliver the software. Deadlines are very good way to accomplish this. Developers love to create…

And why customer knowledge as a developer is important. — Launching a new software product? Great! First 100 users registered? Way to go, mate! 🥳 Now it would be great time to introduce some new features. But hmm, what should we actually do next? Well, it should all boil down to user feedback and fast feedback loops. So let’s get…

It takes some courage but pays off in the end — I started blogging in late 2017. It started with posts that covered random things I experienced during that time. There was no plan nor focus on specific topics. In 2018 I decided I should write something about the software industry as that is something familiar to me. The start was…