#189 - The Art of Awesome Code Reviews - Michaela Greiler
“A lot of problems that we are facing in code review are due to the interface. We are not actually giving feedback to a person, but we are just filling in text boxes and looking at code." Dr. Michaela...
2 Sep 20241h 1min
#188 - Balancing Coupling in Software Design: Principles for Architecting Modular Software Systems - Vladik Khononov
“Coupling is an inherent part of system design, not something that is necessarily good or evil. How we design coupling can take our system either towards complexity or towards modularity." Vladik Khon...
26 Aug 20241h 10min
#187 - The Tao of Microservices - Richard Rodger
“Just because the network is unreliable doesn’t mean a monolith is reliable either. It’s a fallacy to assume that you can build an error free system. You deal with it by accepting that the system over...
12 Aug 202459min
#186 - The Amazing CTO's Missing Manual: Guide to Managing Tech Teams - Stephan Schmidt
“Where the CTOs usually struggle is holding people accountable. The other things are leadership, strategy, vision, and being an executive. Most of the CTOs are swamped with work from their day-to-day ...
5 Aug 202451min
#185 - The Transformed Organization: A Blueprint for Moving to the Product Operating Model - Chris Jones
“The three change dimensions of the product operating model are changing how you build, changing how you solve problems, and changing how you decide which problems to solve." Chris Jones, Partner at S...
29 Juli 202459min
#184 - Contract Testing Essentials: A Comprehensive Guide - Lewis Prescott
“Contract testing is a form of testing where you are verifying two systems have the same shared understanding about the expectations." Lewis Prescott is the coauthor of “Contract Testing in Action”. I...
22 Juli 202453min
#183 - Mastering Team Leadership by Embracing Conflicts and Building Resilience - Hari Haralambiev
“Strong teams embrace conflict. They use it as a tool, and they have their great way of handling disagreements." Hari Haralambiev is co-founder of SoftSkillsPills.com and author of the leadership news...
15 Juli 20241h 2min
#182 - Building a Quality-Driven Culture: Enhancing Quality Practices Using QPAM - Janet Gregory & Selena Delesie
“We have 10 different aspects of quality, and testing is just a subset of activities in the overall quality culture. You need to have a good testing practice, but it’s just a tiny part of quality cult...
8 Juli 202454min
