Tech Tools —58 min listen
Adventures in DevOps 105: Serverless DevOps with Allen Helton

Ready to pull the plug and go serverless? Hold your horses. Allen Helton discusses pros and cons of serverless, and how to get started.

Agile Principles —5 min read
Reader Survey Responses: NPS vs Product Market Fit

I asked my readers to do an NPS _and_ Sean Ellis Product-Market Fit survey for my daily lists. Here are the results.

Agile Principles —1 min read
Judo guns

What's the best way to concealed-carry your judo gun?

Continuous Improvement —48 min episode
Tiny DevOps episode #32 Adrian Stanek — Think In Baby Steps

Adrian Stanek, of Bits in Motion, joins me to relate his success story of transforming his organization's software development process via baby steps.

Agile Principles —1 min read
Just in time for Valentine's Day: The CUPID properties

SOLID, meet CUPID: 5 properties that make code joyful.

Agile Principles —13 min read
Why NPS isn't very useful: A look at the NPS of SAFe

Often criticized for its statistical silliness, I see that as the least silly part of NPS. Here I break down where I think NPS really fails, examining the recent "NPS of SAFe" article by Age of Product.

Agile Principles —1 min read
Work from the bottom up

When copying a test, make your changes from the bottom up, renaming the copied function as the last step.

Software Delivery —41 min listen
Adventures in DevOps 104: CI/CD Tools for Dummies

The gang discusses the dos and don’ts of choosing CI/CD tools.

Career Advice —43 min episode
Tiny DevOps episode #31 Charles Max Wood — Level Up Your Career

Charles Max Wood is the founder of Top End Devs, a platform focused on teaching developers how to achive top 5% status in their chosen field, and in this episode we talk about what that means.

Agile Principles —3 min read
TDD ≠ Unit Tests

The unit of test in TDD is a behavior. That may correspond to a "unit." It often does not.

Agile Principles —2 min read
Test your tests

TDD has a built-in "check bit" to help ensure that your tests are valid.