by mike | Jul 23, 2023 | Software
Who actually uses your software? With a tiny few exceptions: People. It doesn’t matter if your software is web, mobile, or desktop. It doesn’t matter if it runs on a server, laptop or a phone.It doesn’t matter if it is proprietary, open source or free.Don’t forget:...
by mike | May 1, 2022 | Software
Here are a couple of really awful ways to build software. A lot of times, these are dressed up as an “agile methodology” or as a “product management framework”. Truth is they are just failure states that result in developer turnover, slow...
by mike | Apr 2, 2022 | Software
Software lasts longer than you think. Way longer. I got a call a few weeks ago to see if I could update a program I wrote in Turbo C in 1989, when I was in high school. I re-implemented it in ZOC REXX* in 1994. The former client wanted me to patch the program to...
by mike | Apr 26, 2021 | Business, Javascript, Software
Agile. Scrum. Waterfall. Test-Driven Development. Extreme Programming. All methodologies for making software that actually work. Some debatably better than others. There is one development methodology that is guaranteed to fail, and cost you dearly in the process:...
by mike | Jan 3, 2021 | Recruiting and Hiring, Software
I was aksed if I’d share my required reading list for new developers at PivotCX. It’s pretty short. The goal is simple: Have common language to describe problems and solutions. Understand common patterns in development Avoid re-inventing the wheel....
