I have always loved playing with programming languages, compilers, and interpreters. One of my favorite languages to play with is a single instruction assembly language called SBNZ. In this programming journey, we first implement a virtual machine for SBNZ and then explore the power of the language.
In software development, it is easy to get feature blindness, where we focus almost all of our energy on delivering features to the detriment of productivity, quality, and job satisfaction. …
Working with software includes many different types of activities such as maintenance and feature work. If we don’t focus on balancing different types of activities we risk neglecting one to the detriment of productivity and job satisfaction. …
It isn’t easy to put your finger on exactly what DevOps is, and searching on Google often results in more questions than answers. In this post, I demystify what DevOps is and what it means for your work life.
Let’s first get rid of some misconceptions. DevOps is not:
Where to apply for a job? Should you buy that new piece of equipment? Decision making is hard and exhausting, especially if we don't have an overall direction to follow. However, if we are explicit about our core values, we can use them to guide many difficult decisions. …
In software development, we rely on tools when building anything non-trivial. We can split our tools into two categories: ones that affect the code and ones that affect our process. Tools such as which IDE or database we use typically affect the code, not how we work. On the other…
Setting new Year resolutions is a popular tradition that can facilitate self-improvement. Unfortunately, many set unrealistic resolutions and end up forced to give up after only one or two months. …
Software development is about knowledge. Developers have to learn parts of the domain and write down their findings in a programming language. The most effective way to gain knowledge from the real world is through experimentation. Therefore talented developers utilize several types of experiments in their work.
However, developers work…
This post is quite a bit different from my usual topics of programming. But proper color correction is a cheap and easy way to make a stream or video look more professional. …
Loose coupling has been a programmer goal for decades, and its latest evolution is called microservices. With microservices each services’ code is decoupled so not only can they be build independently, but also deployed independently. This requires some fancy technology tricks and quite a big mental shift.
When exploring topics…
