Coding Practices —46 min episode
Tiny DevOps episode #26 Parham Doustdar — The Blind Leading the Sighted: What We Can Learn From an Ex-Software Engineer Without Sight

Parham Doustdar, Engineering Manager of Accessibility at Booking.com, joins me to discuss life as a fully blind sofware engineer, and how we can make engineering tools more accessible for everyone, not just those with disabilities.

Tech Tools —2 min read
A little bit of chaos

How would your system behave if a monkey entered your data center randomly ripped cables and flung things around?

Learning —4 min read
My 5 best reads of 2021

As I read a lot, I thought I'd recap my best reads of 2021. Perhaps you'll find something for your 2022 reading list.

Agile Principles —2 min read
Things that blew my mind

The best, game-changing ideas always feel like utter blasphemy the first time I hear them.

Agile Principles —2 min read
Why most Agile Transformations fail

To achieve agility make one change today that allows for faster response to change. Then repeat. Every day. Forever.

Tech Tools —39 min episode
Tiny DevOps episode #25 Jillian Rowe — Where DevOps Meets Data Science

I have a casual conversation with Jillian Rowe about her business as a freelancer and early-stage startup founder, and some of the unique challenges that come when working with Big Data, bioinformatics, and Data Science, and how she is addressing scaling challenges as a solo operator.

Agile Principles —3 min read
Science is never settled

The odds are in your favor if you follow the science, even though it's not yet settled.

Software Delivery —2 min read
We can't afford automation right now

Avoid a big up-front investment in automation by building it piece by piece, as needed.

Quality Engineering —2 min read
Levels of testing

Who is responsible for unit, integration, and acceptance testing? Developers.

Agile Principles —1 min read
How to handle schedule slippage on an agile project

If you have a fixed scope and a fixed timeline, you simply don't have an agile project.

Hiring —2 min read
Shop talk

There's nothing like an expert and a poser talking shop to expose the poser in just a few seconds.