Mar 14Mastering the Art of Post-Mortems: How to Learn from Your Mistakes and Improve Your Processes for Incidents🔥Incidents can happen, and they will happen many times during our journey as engineers, especially Software engineers. A post-mortem is an important process that allows teams to learn from their mistakes and improve their processes for the future. …3 min read3 min read
Jan 23Unlocking the Full Potential of DevOps: The Power of Integrating QA🦾About DevOps Our teams aim to have a DevOps culture, avoiding the silos between Development and Operations, crafting software; having ownership of Design, Test, Build and Support areas. …QA3 min readQA3 min read
Jan 18Solving Problems Like a Boss: A Guide to Being a Kickass Solutions ArchitectA Solutions Architect is a professional who is responsible for designing, planning and implementing technology solutions to meet the needs of a business or organization. They play a vital role in the success of any project, as they ensure that the technical solutions align with the overall business objectives. Becoming…4 min read4 min read
Aug 24, 20222 min read for enhancing your 1x1s, Everyday conversations and the pitfallsWhen we say 1x1s, I remember the old days playing Quake, where we would be in an arena, facing each other in a fierce battle. 😅Let’s get that clear, that’s not how everyday conversations should be with our direct reports or indirect reports. Some areas to keep in mind; points…Management And Leadership3 min readManagement And Leadership3 min read
Feb 10, 2022KISS, not a 🎸rock'n roll band but an engineering styleKISS, an acronym for keep it simple, stupid, is a design principle noted by the U.S. Navy in 1960.The KISS principle states that most systems work best if they are kept simple rather than made complicated; therefore, simplicity should be a key goal in design, and unnecessary complexity should be…Software Engineering2 min readSoftware Engineering2 min read
Dec 13, 2021🔥How to choose the right Leader or are you a Leader? Performance x TrustAfter building many teams, there is always that question, “Who should I assign as my leader, could be Technical leader, Functional leader or Test Leader depending on the situation and team”, I think I may have found the answer or at least a good way to make a rational decision. …Management And Leadership3 min readManagement And Leadership3 min read
Dec 7, 2021Are you a Software Development Manager, me too, here my expectations from the role, in my humble opinion 🙌💪 Always looking to improve the quality of the delivery, I always expect my managers to follow some contract or ways of working on what and how they would deliver software. After many years in the role of Software Development Manager, I tried to put together all things I have…Manager Development4 min readManager Development4 min read
Nov 17, 2021Sorry Boss, I am leaving the company. Got a new job? What’s the plan now? 🤯Some time ago, Mattia(a former colleague at Tesco) shared his mindmap about what should look at on the first 90 days at work for Managers. I found that pretty cool and decided to create my own, with a few modifications. I already come up in interviews, where people ask what…Job Interview2 min readJob Interview2 min read
Nov 2, 2021Created a new API, great, but what do I need as documentation?🔥The article was written with the idea that everytime we create a new API, we need to think on all the areas needed for a good documentation, in order to help the manager, the team and the product managers involved. …API2 min readAPI2 min read
Oct 29, 2021What is ready and what is done? Oh, crazy agile world!👉 A common question from Software Developers and Agile practitioners is how do I know if my story is ready, and is it done yet? After reviewing multiple times, both tables below are the conclusion to that question, of course, still in refining, however, close to perfection(not) 😅. Being SCRUM…Agile2 min readAgile2 min read
