M79: Make as many open source libraries as possible, eventually one of them will become a success
I created a simple Ruby library just about two weeks ago: https://github.com/yegor256/iri. I already have more than 60 GitHub stars there. How did I do that? I just published it where I usually publis...
3 Touko 20194min
M78: Programmers are not your property, don't invest in them!
Most companies and project managers feel proud of spending a lot of money for finding programmers, training them, getting them on board. They tell me very often that programmers are their valuable ass...
2 Touko 20197min
M77: Lines-of-Code don't show anything meaningful, but Hits-of-Code are pretty accurate
It is a well-known fact that Lines of Code (LoC) is a very inaccurate metric for a software developer. It doesn't demonstrate anything and can't be used to measure the progress of a programmer or a nu...
1 Touko 20195min
M76: Learn Rational Unified Process to understand SDLC better
Most programmers think that writing code is enough to be useful for a software project. It's not true, especially now, when projects are becoming smaller and teams are more distributed. A modern progr...
29 Huhti 20195min
M75: Your presence in social networks is important for your career as a software architect
Most people ask me why exactly I think it's important for a software developer or an architect to be a blogger and stay active on Twitter, for example. I believe, and most recent practical cases prove...
22 Huhti 20194min
M74: If your project doesn't have a formal Risk List, you are doing management wrong
Risk Driven Development is a powerful concept, which may help you prevent many bad things in your project. Unfortunately, many teams don't know how to do it right. I'm going to publish an online tool ...
18 Huhti 20195min
M73: It is your job, as an architect, to convert client's requirements into tickets
Microtasking, in order to work properly, requires a certain amount of discipline. First of all, all tasks and communications about them have to happen in tickets. However, our customers are far from b...
16 Huhti 20193min
M72: Zold, like any other young cryptocurrency, needs master nodes to survive
Very often our investors and users ask us why Zold has master nodes, even though it claims to be decentralized and anonymous. I answer that I can't imagine a serious cryptocurrency without a certain a...
15 Huhti 20193min
