The pitfalls of AI augmented development, part 2
DISCLAIMER: This is the second post I wrote about the my talk on the Global Scrum Gathering Munich, and even though I don’t think you need to read both posts...
AI
A collection of 2 Posts
The pitfalls of AI augmented development, part 1
My talk on the Global Scrum Gathering Munich was fast, and I said there that I would write about the subject to go deeper into this discussion, so here I am....
Agile
A collection of 1 Post
So what are the future directions of agility
You know those reflections that suddenly pop up and seem to stick in your head like a catchy song? Well… The other day a question caught me off guard during ...
Bias
A collection of 3 Posts
The 3 biases of software development, part 3: Modularity
What is the Modularity Bias? So far we talked about Stratification and Chronology, and we moved from the “Mario Bros approach” where we’ll always develop le...
The 3 biases of software development, part 2: Chronology
In my last post, I talked about how the habit of splitting software into layers can lead us to tackle one layer at a time, producing the undesired BDUF (Big ...
The 3 biases of software development, part 1: Stratification
Recently, I spoke at the Regional Scrum Gathering Stockholm about the 3 biases of software development: Stratification, Chronology, and Modularity. The even...
Building
A collection of 6 Posts
Machine vs Learning
A couple years ago I had an interesting conversation with a good friend of mine about… the meaning of life. Yeah, cliché, I get it. At the end of the day we ...
What I chose not to build: Decisions I made while creating my training platform using elixir
As any developer out there, I love to start pet projects. But for me they have a different weight: developing a pet project helps me to stay connected to my ...
Information expires and specificity adds to its obsolescence
Imagine that you receive the following information: Lady Gaga is working on her next album. If it’s true now, would it be true tomorrow? Probably. Chances a...
A reflection on my 20 years working with software development
I received my first paycheck as a software developer in July 2004. It’s been 20 years now. During these years I’ve been a developer, a business owner, a con...
Scrumchkin instruction guide shu level
Scrumchkin Instruction Guide — Shu Level If you downloaded or bought Scrumchkin, you might want some help taking the most out of your sessions. And although...
How i learned visual facilitation in 4 months and why it changed everything I Do
I am a software developer that became a Scrum trainer. Until 6 months ago I had never drawn anything that would make me feel proud about. But this changed qu...
Career
A collection of 1 Post
A reflection on my 20 years working with software development
I received my first paycheck as a software developer in July 2004. It’s been 20 years now. During these years I’ve been a developer, a business owner, a con...
Coding
A collection of 9 Posts
The pitfalls of AI augmented development, part 2
DISCLAIMER: This is the second post I wrote about the my talk on the Global Scrum Gathering Munich, and even though I don’t think you need to read both posts...
The pitfalls of AI augmented development, part 1
My talk on the Global Scrum Gathering Munich was fast, and I said there that I would write about the subject to go deeper into this discussion, so here I am....
Empiricism and rationalism in software development
Where did this post come from? First things first: no, I’m not under the influence of any mind-altering substances. I recently started studying philosophy a...
The advent of TDD: A beginners guide
Starting with Test-Driven Development How can I start applying Test-Driven Development?” This question echoes through my training sessions like a recursive ...
The 3 biases of software development, part 3: Modularity
What is the Modularity Bias? So far we talked about Stratification and Chronology, and we moved from the “Mario Bros approach” where we’ll always develop le...
The 3 biases of software development, part 2: Chronology
In my last post, I talked about how the habit of splitting software into layers can lead us to tackle one layer at a time, producing the undesired BDUF (Big ...
The 3 biases of software development, part 1: Stratification
Recently, I spoke at the Regional Scrum Gathering Stockholm about the 3 biases of software development: Stratification, Chronology, and Modularity. The even...
Dependencies: Libraries or OTP applications
The project: Scrumchkin Online About a year ago I created a card game to teach Scrum: Scrumchkin. The game made the learning process more fun and was adopte...
Property based testing and the R$17.99 transfer problem
A few weeks ago someone discovered that their bank would not allow them to make a bank transfer of a very specific value: R$17.99 (about $3.50 USD). What hap...
Culture
A collection of 1 Post
The dangerous failure shaming culture
Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth Disclaimer : this post was first written in March 24th, 2014 and published on Medium. I think it’s still pretty relevant ...
Degoogle
A collection of 1 Post
Why I left Substack and what are the alternatives?
Last year, I tried to commit to writing more, and I did reasonably well until mid-year. I chose Substack as my platform, and I liked the idea of how it conne...
Elixir
A collection of 1 Post
Dependencies: Libraries or OTP applications
The project: Scrumchkin Online About a year ago I created a card game to teach Scrum: Scrumchkin. The game made the learning process more fun and was adopte...
Facilitation
A collection of 1 Post
Autonomy in the Retrospective
The Sprint Retrospective is an event that depends heavily on the participation of team members, and sometimes whoever takes on the ScrumMaster role needs to ...
Games
A collection of 1 Post
Scrumchkin instruction guide shu level
Scrumchkin Instruction Guide — Shu Level If you downloaded or bought Scrumchkin, you might want some help taking the most out of your sessions. And although...
Learning
A collection of 2 Posts
Machine vs Learning
A couple years ago I had an interesting conversation with a good friend of mine about… the meaning of life. Yeah, cliché, I get it. At the end of the day we ...
How i learned visual facilitation in 4 months and why it changed everything I Do
I am a software developer that became a Scrum trainer. Until 6 months ago I had never drawn anything that would make me feel proud about. But this changed qu...
Philosophy
A collection of 1 Post
Empiricism and rationalism in software development
Where did this post come from? First things first: no, I’m not under the influence of any mind-altering substances. I recently started studying philosophy a...
Prioritization
A collection of 1 Post
Prioritization with cost of delay
Prioritizing is one of the most important and difficult activities in any Product Owner’s life. Most of the time the difficulty in prioritizing occurs becaus...
Product
A collection of 2 Posts
What I chose not to build: Decisions I made while creating my training platform using elixir
As any developer out there, I love to start pet projects. But for me they have a different weight: developing a pet project helps me to stay connected to my ...
Information expires and specificity adds to its obsolescence
Imagine that you receive the following information: Lady Gaga is working on her next album. If it’s true now, would it be true tomorrow? Probably. Chances a...
Scrum
A collection of 3 Posts
Is the scrum expansion pack valuable?
So, last month Jeff Sutherland and Co published an expansion pack to the Scrum Framework (I’ll call it SGEP for short). And truth to be told, it kinda floppe...
Language matters: A demo is not a review
I remember when I was first introduced to semiotics in the Cynefin Virtual Basecamp during the pandemic. I was lost, I learned a lot, but back then the subje...
3 fake news you may have heard about Scrum
Scrum has become absurdly popular, and a good part of this popularity is due to its simplicity. But, as the Scrum Guide stated in its first lines of the 2017...
Teamwork
A collection of 7 Posts
Is the scrum expansion pack valuable?
So, last month Jeff Sutherland and Co published an expansion pack to the Scrum Framework (I’ll call it SGEP for short). And truth to be told, it kinda floppe...
Language matters: A demo is not a review
I remember when I was first introduced to semiotics in the Cynefin Virtual Basecamp during the pandemic. I was lost, I learned a lot, but back then the subje...
The dangerous failure shaming culture
Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth Disclaimer : this post was first written in March 24th, 2014 and published on Medium. I think it’s still pretty relevant ...
3 fake news you may have heard about Scrum
Scrum has become absurdly popular, and a good part of this popularity is due to its simplicity. But, as the Scrum Guide stated in its first lines of the 2017...
Prioritization with cost of delay
Prioritizing is one of the most important and difficult activities in any Product Owner’s life. Most of the time the difficulty in prioritizing occurs becaus...
Autonomy in the Retrospective
The Sprint Retrospective is an event that depends heavily on the participation of team members, and sometimes whoever takes on the ScrumMaster role needs to ...
So what are the future directions of agility
You know those reflections that suddenly pop up and seem to stick in your head like a catchy song? Well… The other day a question caught me off guard during ...
Testing
A collection of 2 Posts
The advent of TDD: A beginners guide
Starting with Test-Driven Development How can I start applying Test-Driven Development?” This question echoes through my training sessions like a recursive ...
Property based testing and the R$17.99 transfer problem
A few weeks ago someone discovered that their bank would not allow them to make a bank transfer of a very specific value: R$17.99 (about $3.50 USD). What hap...
Tools
A collection of 1 Post
Why I left Substack and what are the alternatives?
Last year, I tried to commit to writing more, and I did reasonably well until mid-year. I chose Substack as my platform, and I liked the idea of how it conne...