EN 62: A peculiar week
It’s been a peculiar week, with things to process and changes. What it was going to be a slightly anti-Cucumber post—not the vegetable—with a mix of...
EN 61: Testing and confidence in the front-end (II)
Confidence Confidence in our code is paramount, I don’t mean it in the narrow sense of just looking at the code and thinking that’s good, or writing a simple...
EN 60: Testing and confidence in the front-end (I)
Confidence in the code and systems is one of the most important aspects in a software team, but often underestimated or set aside for more “valuable...
EN 59: Showcase performance
One of the ideas that quickly comes up is the idea of showcasing what the team’s been working on the past few weeks at regular intervals. From my experience,...
EN 58: Solution focused
Refusing to be curious
EN 57: Blocking apps experiment
Quick update this week. Still learning Rust and it’s been fun. I’m already halfway through the two books, filling in flash cards in the process. In Hands-on...
EN 56: Learning at work should be a thing
Not everybody can spare a few hours a day of their own time to get better at their craft, nor should they be expected to. Kids and family, responsibilities,...
EN 55: Learning and dealing with distractions
Since last week, I’ve been putting more focus on consistently carving time to learn. One of the challenges was—and still is—reducing mindless distractions...
EN 54: Back to basics of the craft
At the core, I’m a software developer. No matter how much I learn about system thinking, product, design or any other area, at the end of the day, I still...
EN 53: If I were an Agile Coach
If I were an Agile Coach, or rather, somebody whose job is to bring or improve ways of working or the way the company operates, there would not be a mention...
EN 52: Collaboration is not a one-off thing
Once in a blue moon or maybe a few times a year, there’s the strategy retreat, the company-wide event, the collaboration day or the cross-functional...
EN 51: Band together, don't wait for approval to start
Recently, a developer was telling me that the system was unreliable, and that bugs were always appearing in production after every feature. On top of that,...
EN 50: A list of energising stuff
A few days after finishing last week’s newsletter on energising work and collaboration, I started to look back at moments in my career when I felt energised...
EN 49: Energising work and collaboration
I didn’t pay attention when it stopped happening. It is what it is, I thought, but when it occurred, the feeling was like a drug, a rush of energy and...
EN 48: Brief thoughts on AI
Hey! This week’s newsletter is severely delayed, as you can see. While I’ve had some positive improvements, I’m still struggling with getting a stable...
EN 47: We need to make sure we don't forget
Could we remember to take a little time to review some code? The tickets have been accumulating in the review column for ages, but everyone’s working on...
EN 46: Reflections on Return to Office mandates
I’ve been wondering about how I’d feel if I had to come back to the office most of the time. Plenty of companies have been announcing Return to Office (RTO)...
EN 45: Routine, movement and toilet squats
After coming back to London, I’ve been trying to get used to the routine again, and it’s always somewhat challenging after some weeks of holidays of chaos....
EN 44: Valencia, Vim and a cold
Hey there! Today’s going to be a short one. I’ve been taking it easy this week, no studying or coding outside of work. I went to Valencia over the weekend,...
EN 43: How thinking about death affects my career
Lately, I've been thinking about death, not in a depressing way, but more as a way to reflect. For the longest time I feared it, and when I was a teenager...
