M87: If you are afraid of being replaced, you are not a good programmer
Most programmers feel uncomfortable realizing that their employer may replace them one day. To make this event less likely to happen they do many things in order to make themselves unreplaceable. One ...
27 Touko 20195min
M86: The README file must be the only provider of product specification
I think that any repository, be it open source or proprietary, must have a single README file, which must include everything a new contributor needs to know about it: the product statement, the vision...
22 Touko 20194min
M85: The source code is just a part of a software project, not the biggest one
We started reviewing software projects of other companies, just a few weeks ago and our first finding is that programmers don't pay attention to anything aside from the code they write. They don't hav...
20 Touko 20195min
M84: Don't chase your team members, make them chase you
The job of a good project manager is to organize the team the way that every team member wants to contribute and is ready to go through all possible obstacles and barriers, in order to make sure their...
16 Touko 20197min
M83: Strong opinions loosely held is not a problem, the absence of an architect is
A software team where everybody expresses their opinions loudly and strongly, always being ready to admit that "I was wrong," is not able to produce anything serious. This is what I read in one blog p...
13 Touko 20196min
M82: Is it possible to open the entire source code base and still make business? Definitely.
When I start talking about 100% open source business model, most people wonder how is it possible to give away the entire source code base and still remain profitable, money wise. I think that any mod...
10 Touko 20196min
M81: How to make your GitHub repo popular? Eight things to pay attention to.
Do you want to be known in the open source world? If you don't, don't watch this video. If you do, there are eight things you should pay attention to when making a new GitHub repo: 1) make it small, 2...
8 Touko 201913min
M80: Every two weeks you should hire a new auditor to review your software project
Very often software project sponsors complain about the low quality of their programmers. They also say that changing the team doesn't really help. They believe that it's possible to hire the "right" ...
6 Touko 20195min
