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Cargo cult programming is killing the software industry

Some months ago, I asked a self-identified “machine learning expert” to explain backpropagation to me. They could not. However, they knew…

5 min readOct 15, 2021

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How to diagnose development productivity issues (1)

Improving the productivity of development teams is a constant thorn at the sides of senior management at tech companies. When confronted…

3 min readJun 10, 2024

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How to diagnose development productivity issues (1)

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How to adopt time boxing without adopting an entire Agile methodology

One way you can “do Agile” without adopting an entire methodology or attempting an “agile transformation”, is to adopt time boxing: the…

2 min readJun 6, 2024

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How to get engineers to fix bugs — part I

Bug fixing (or debugging) is one of the least favourite activities of both software engineers and engineering managers. For the engineer…

7 min readJan 12, 2023

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How to get engineers to fix bugs — part I

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How to provide ballpark estimates without trapping your team into unrealistic deadlines

Few things fill an engineering team with trepidation more than a request for a “ballpark estimate”.

6 min readJan 3, 2023

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How to help your team deliver continuously

“Continuous delivery” (or more popularly, continuous integration and delivery, or CI/CD) reached buzzword status somewhere between 2015 and…

5 min readMar 27, 2022

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How to help your team deliver continuously

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How to speak to a low-performing engineer

Having to deal with a low performer who is not responding to positive reinforcement can bring out some of the worst instincts in a manager…

6 min readMar 15, 2022

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How to avoid unnecessarily failing a coding/design interview

It can happen to the best of us: with minutes to understand something they would normally ponder about for hours in real life, and an…

5 min readMar 6, 2022

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How to avoid unnecessarily failing a coding/design interview

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How to help your team deliver architectural changes incrementally

Agile methodologies suggest that software be developed and delivered in small, non-breaking increments. This generally involves slicing a…

3 min readFeb 24, 2022

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How to become an engineering manager

As it is with many things in software engineering, there are different schools of thought about what an engineering manager should be…

5 min readFeb 20, 2022

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hliyan

hliyan

Designing and developing software for 20 years. Ex London Stock Exchange Group, Ex Sysco. Currently leading engineering at :Different. Views personal.

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