A Guided Tour Through My 99 Articles on Medium: Exploring, Challenging, and Advancing Our Skills Together — Dear readers, This is my 100th article on Medium, and it’s time to celebrate this journey we have shared together, from exploring the depths of software development to decoding the complexities of Agile and TDD. …

Too many meetings? Low salary? Boring projects? Too many hours? Burnout? Poor management? Think again! — When we ask developers why they quit their jobs, they provide several reasons; hoever, these are the reasons that have surfaced to their consciousness. The true reasons, the ones that have made their job so painful that they had no other choice to leave, often remain hidden in their subconscious…

Magicians do not reveal their tricks; Well, I’m not a magician, so you will discover the trick of signals. — The first time I heard about Signals was in this tweet from Miško Hevery (the creator of Angular). He summarized them as a combination of useState, useRef, and useMemo: Although it looks great, it doesn’t make sense at first glance. So, I did not understand what he meant. I…

Why is it so important to break knowledge silos inside Software Development, and why probably you are doing it wrong. — You may have heard that knowledge silos between Software Development teams are bad, and you most likely already have some kind opinion about that. Or even worse, you may have been forced to break some of those silos through some unnatural cooperations, and you feel that it hurts your productivity…

Uncover the secrets to building a successful DevOps culture that focuses on practical, result-driven strategies. — The first time that I heard about DevOps Culture, it was in a DevOps SAFe training. In fact, it was explained at the beginning of the course under the word CALMR: «Culture of shared responsibility, Automation of continuous delivery pipeline, Lean Flow accelerates delivery, Measurement of flow, quality & value…

Did you ever realize that Product Owners are prompt engineers but with developers instead? — «Anything that can go wrong will go wrong». That’s Murphy’s Law for you, and it’s a sentiment that every Product person is all too familiar with. And let’s face it, how many times have the best intentions and descriptions from the Product department been carried out with diligence by the…

A hilarious ChatGPT generated guide from a very curated prompt. Enjoy! — Are you tired of all the Agile buzzwords and ready for a laugh? Join us as we take a hilarious and ironic dive into the world of “Scrum for Rigid People.” Discover the twisted set of instructions that will guarantee your failure at Agile by doing the exact opposite of…

Retros are boring, aren’t they? Probably because you are doing them wrong. Get the most of them! — Let’s face it. For most of us, there is nothing more boring than the scheduled retrospective every two weeks, that one just after the iteration has finished. And as always, the Scrum Master looks for a fun way to make the time pass, like cards, list of good and bad…

The most effective technique that is often overlooked. — One of the fundamental abilities required by Agile software development is the capacity to properly breakdown stories. This plays a crucial role in the capacity of performing short and quick iterations, while it helps business to efficiently deliver software solutions. Yet, this is not an easy task. Often user stories…