How We Get More Done with Fewer Engineers

Pull requests (PRs), the standard way to collaborate in codebases to ensure quality (among other things).. It turns out that they're actually slowing down software development. But how? Dragan explai...

17 Nov 202148min

The idea of a "10x engineer" is popular in Silicon Valley and is used to refer to a rare engineer who can achieve 10 times more than an average developer. We invited Chris Laffra on to discuss this id...

10 Nov 202156min

As you might know, not every software engineer comes from a computer science background. But why is that? Well.. if you want to learn how to program, there’s not a lot that’s stopping you. Especially ...

3 Nov 202148min

Today we talk about mentorship in tech. One of the best things about mentorship is that it's a clear win-win. It helps the mentee gain clarity on specific situations or career questions. And it helps ...

27 Okt 202145min

There's a lot going on over at bol.com, especially behind the scenes. Today Mirko van Ede (director of engineering) and Rogier Lommers (tech lead) join us to discuss one of their biggest ongoing proje...

20 Okt 202144min

One of my favourite things as a software developer is interacting with the community. It's a community that's about learning, sharing, collaborating, and paying it forward. All you have to do to be pa...

13 Okt 202139min

It takes great skill to turn an idea into a product. Especially when you're starting from scratch. Erwin did just that, and shares how he and his team built an app that could improve how kids are trea...

6 Okt 202144min

One of the key takeaways from this conversation is that we should favour progress over perfection. Especially as software developers, perfection is something that'll never come. Instead we should focu...

29 Sep 202150min