Course notes - Intermediate cookery
These are some notes from the “Intermediate cookery” evening course at Little Portland Street cookery school in London. … I had a great time on this course, you are provided with …
Book summary - The manager's path (Camille Fournier)
Summary of the excellent “The manager’s path” by Camille Fournier. … This is more a set of personal take-aways than a full review of the book. If the ideas sound interesting, …
Welcome to SMOP
After a few quiet years I’ve decided to start creating and writing once again. I have been spending a large part of my time reading and watching many articles - about software design, devops, …
Mantras
We’ve all been in situations where releases are continuously pushed back or conversely where each release is dealing with problems caused by the previous release. Building upon the back of …
Roadmaps
Roadmaps are one of the most useful tools in a company. Part planning tool (both short and long term), part communication tool, they’ve always proved their worth. Here we’ll cover their …
Technical interest
If you’ve not heard of “technical debt” then I’ve put some links at the end of this article for your reference. The good news is that you don’t need to read them yet! Have you ever gazed in wonder as …
Without a captain
…or how to make clear progress without getting marooned … The signs can be all too clear: … The first thing to bear in mind is to remember that people aren’t generally malicious — they …
It's not about you
People aren’t generally selfish on purpose, however, there’s a particular case that I’ve seen several times - especially at startups - which I think deserves highlighting. … …