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In either Scrum or Kanban, it's important to separate your development cycles from when you release or deploy cycle. For example: In Kanban, our developers work in a flow model to …

Good point. I think it's wise to due your diligence on the APIs you're considering. Do they have a good track record of availability? Supporting backwards compatibility when they r…

If you're following up and are not getting a response then set a limit to the number of times you'll try again. I personally do 3 follow-up email over the course of a 3-6 weeks. On…

Hi folks. Author here. Happy to answer any questions if you like.

Well, at least you now you know we take data very seriously :)

Here are three potential reasons. 1. It could just be a random drop in the numbers. The VC world is VERY small and there are VERY few players. Equally, VERY few deals get done ever…

Ok here's an analysis on job satisfaction that I found interesting. 1. very weak relationship to high compensation. Not completely surprising and in-line with much of the research.…

This just in-- there is a strong and significant relationship between age and years of experience. Who knew?! Also, job satisfaction and new feature dev!

More exprienced developers spend more time refactoring code? Does that mean that they're working on crappier code, established code bases, or higher end applications where tech deb…

Meritocracies are great sometimes but they have the nasty side affect of promoting people into jobs they suck at. Just because you're the best at being an individual contributor, i…

Something the article didn't cover but should is the upkeep over time of whatever algorithm you use. We can argue about todays algorithms. But what do we do when those algorithm ar…

Assuming the attacker has access to your password store is NOT a big assumption for most sites. In fact, 94% of data breaches are to the user DB. And 42% of those attacks are targe…

In the words of the great philosopher, Homer-- "Doh!",

Love it.

This also works with Drupal. Gotta love Cloudflare.

I love google, but let's be honest-- it's about time.

Hot damn I love when companies open source their code! If its not a core competency or a competitive advantage, open it up and see if the community will help you maintain and advan…

I think the problem is that the "right" way is completely subjective. Is Spring "bad" and Scala "good"? Depends on what you're building and for who. Overall, the best way to be a g…

Good article on the dev side of the problem. Would love to see more on the IT side of the problem too.

You can't stop the Android steam roller. It's Windows vs Mac circa 1987 all over again