Communication

Coincidental duplication is where we see common functionality between features that just happen to behave or look the same but were never intended to be the same. We then take this coincidental duplication and wrongly build a coupled solution around it. Here, we look at how to avoid that.

An uncomfortable truth is that praising firefighting developers might just be leading to more fires. Here, we look at why needing firefighting developers is a sign that your processes need to be improved, as avoiding fires is better than managing fires.

People form tribes. It's such an ingrained part of human nature. Our tribe becomes part of our identity. You see this behaviour in every aspect of human society. You see it in development teams. Here, we look at how to overcome this instinct when we need to merge two development teams.

You are a great developer, so why go through the hassle of writing unit tests? Here, we look at the reasons beyond writing unit tests and how to win over a unit test sceptic