Leadership
What Is a God Class and Why Should We Avoid It?
A god class is an anti-pattern that can harm your codebase in many ways. Learn why it’s so dangerous and how to avoid it in this post.
Leadership
Why Backlog Refinement Meetings Are Vital for Sustained Improvement
The backlog refinement meeting is a bit of a black sheep in the Agile framework. The Agile Manifesto gives little guidance about it; it doesn’t even specify...
Eng. Metrics
5 Best Engineering Performance Metrics to Measure Your Team
So you decided to become an engineering leader. Congrats, your ability to pay your mortgage now depends on your team’s capacity to reflect regularly on how to...
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Leadership
5 Code Smell Examples That Are Probably Already in Your Code
See some code smell examples you’re likely to find in your codebases, understand why they matter and learn how to solve them.
Eng. Metrics
What Are The Four Accelerate Metrics And Why Do They Matter?
Learn about the accelerate metrics, four key metrics from the Accelerate Book. You’ll learn what they are and why they’re important.
Eng. Metrics
How is Performance Measured in Scrum?
Typically scrum team performance is measured by calculating the deliverables and effectiveness of the scrum team. Common metrics include velocity and sprint...
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Leadership
How To Become A Better Software Engineering Manager
This post lays out common challenges software engineering management faces every day, and some strategies to up your game and enhance your department.
Leadership
DORA Metrics: We’ve Been Using Them Wrong
I’m a big advocate for the DORA 4 metrics. When used in the right context, they’re a powerful tool to drive engineering improvement. But, as a community, we’re...
Product
5 Ways to Have Better Daily Scrum Meetings
The ideal daily scrum is concise and meaningful. After all, it’s just a check-in that’s time-boxed for 15 minutes. However, if you’re able to get...