Why of Feature Mapping The concept of Feature Mapping has its roots in the "Informative Workspace" of Extreme Programming Extreme Programming Explained. An interested observer should be able to walk in to the team space and get a general idea of how the project is going in about…
I discovered Roam Research a few days ago. I've been using it a bit. Not as in depth as I'd like. Not for work, which is probably slowing down the power. My favorite thing so far is that I can make associations without creating associations. I can just type in…
While working on some Object Oriented training, I found myself in some cognitive disagreement. I was flip-flopping between two implementations. One used inheritance, one used composition. If you follow along much, you'll know that I'm very strongly on the use composition side. There are a very few situations I find…
Shu Late 2016 I joined a team that was, essentially, an XP team. Over the next 2 years we adapted and morphed our practices. We were very big on the experimentation. There were a couple practices that we held onto through all it all because of the value they added.…
I've been 'aware' of an awesome feature from using the NullObject pattern since I really started using them. I didn't realize what that feature was until I had to explain it to a colleague today. I say it a lot, maybe not here, but in general - I LOVE TALKING…
I'm writing this a few days ahead. It's a holiday week. I'm going light this week. No post planned. I mean... i'm writing... So whatever. Represent the Concept This is my war drum, hammer, and dead horse. I see the value, the simplification, the clarify and the impossibility of bugs.…
There's a few common patterns in software development that I consider an antipattern to highly effective code. Mostly it's Factories and Builders. Guess what this ramble is about? Builders are an Anti-Pattern There's more than one reason they are an anti-pattern. My favorite goes back to a phone interview I…
I've written about my approaches to the UI before. The one that shows an example is The UI Does NOTHING!. It takes a UWP example and transforms it into what I'd do. I haven't really done a more exhaustive look at this process, or implemented it myself; So let's revisit.…