Agile Principles —3 min read
Transistor.fm to the rescue

Based on my customer service experience, Transistor.fm is truly agile. Not necissarily "Agile", but agile.

Software Delivery —1 min read
What a waste

Slow software delivery processes are such a waste.

Agile Principles —3 min read
The uncertainty of software development bites again

A task I expected would take an hour has taken 10, with no end in sight.

Agile Principles —1 min read
Not every product or change needs a sprint demo

Demos are far from the only way to receive timely feedback.

Coding Practices —1 min read
The mechanics of test-driven development

Red-Green-Refactor may describe the mechanics of TDD, but not its essence.

Everything Else —28 min listen
Doing Daily

Jonathan Stark interviews me about my daily email list

Hiring —1 min read
When it makes sense to hire for skills, over aptitude

Sometimes what I need is a super hero.

Teams & Culture —1 min read
Seriousness vs Playfulness

What is the connection between playfulness and good engineering?

Agile Principles —1 min read
Ensemble writing?

Ensemble writing would never work... except when it does. All the time!

Continuous Improvement —49 min episode
Tiny DevOps episode #47 Paul Cothenet — Observations on observability

Paul Cothenet of Patch.io joins me this time to discuss war stories implementing observabillity at two small startups.

Learning —34 min listen
Adventures in DevOps 137: Learning With Tech

Jillian and I discuss how we like to learn new things, and keep up to speed in the fast-paced world of DevOps.