DevFoundries

07/07/2023

Let's say it all together now...

"Regression defects kill companies"

01/27/2023

This is Part 2 of a series I'm doing on TakeLessons. This is a video on Bad Code Smells - The Bloaters

This is part 2 of the series on bad code smells. This covers the bloaters. These are things in your code that make it unnecessarily large and unwieldy.

01/11/2023

Here's Part 1 of a series I'm doing on TakeLessons for Bad Code Smells. More coming soon!

This is part 1 of a series on bad code smells. These are issues in code that are targets for refactoring. This covers the dispensables. This is code that should be removed, or never created.

01/11/2023

A short course on dispelling some Agile misinformation. Agile is a set of values and principles, not a process.

Agile is a set of values and principles. It is not a process. I discuss the differences and walk you through the 4 values and 12 principles of Agile.

08/24/2021

You don't need permission to write unit tests.

02/26/2021

Hitting a release or iteration target is very problematic for new agile teams. The issue usually lies in weak agile processes. The root of the issue is understanding what work is left (the backlog) and how much work the team can do (velocity). Project estimation becomes a relatively simple and repeatable exercise once the team understands missing requirements and velocity.

Hitting a release or iteration target is very problematic for new agile teams. The issue usually lies in weak agile processes. The root of the issue is understanding what work is left (the backlog) and how much work the team can do (velocity). Project estimation becomes a relatively simple and repea...

02/13/2021

02/04/2021

Details matter.

Let me know if you need help tracking them.

09/24/2020

Need any screencasting work? I'm offering Camtasia services including video and audio production.

08/22/2020

Just published a NuGet package for a cool little data structure I miss from my Perl days.

PArray - It mimics Perl's excellent Array push/pop/shift/unshift features.

Contribute to DevFoundries/PArray development by creating an account on GitHub.

08/21/2020

Launching Soon!