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    July 31, 2018
    15 min

    Drawing the Curtain Back on the Magic Elixir – Part 2

    Introduction In the last post, we looked at pattern matching and data structures in... Continue Reading
    Technology
    June 26, 2018
    13 min

    Drawing the Curtain Back on the Magic Elixir - Part 1

    Introduction Last June I took over an Elixir based project that involves a central... Continue Reading
    Agile
    April 10, 2018
    2 min

    Social Contracts and the Agile Team – Part 1

    It’s a scenario we’ve all been a part of before. To shake things up, your Agile... Continue Reading
    Technology
    March 14, 2018
    7 min

    VSTS DevOps 101: Continuous Integration (CI) with Automated Builds

    Introduction This is the second in a series of posts about our experience using... Continue Reading
    Technology
    February 6, 2018
    11 min

    VSTS DevOps 101: Configuring source control and IDE

    Introduction This is the first in a series of posts about our experience using... Continue Reading
    Agile
    January 4, 2018
    8 min

    2018 New Year’s Resolution: More Exercise and a Healthy Diet of… Test Automation

    ‘Agile’… ‘Lean’… ‘Fitnesse’… ‘Fit’… ‘(Win)Runner’… ‘Cucumber’… ‘Eggplant’… ‘Lime’…... Continue Reading
    Business Solutions
    January 25, 2016
    4 min

    Build or buy? Code or re-use?

    Senior IT managers starting a new project often have to answer the question: build... Continue Reading
    Technology
    December 17, 2015
    3 min

    An Hour of Code, Minecraft Edition

    Recently, I had one of those rare moments when my son, a 3rd grader, seemed to... Continue Reading
    Technology
    December 8, 2015
    7 min

    The Product Vision Statement – When the Vision Becomes Reality

    You are embarking on a new software development project. Presumably, if it’s a Scrum... Continue Reading
    Technology
    November 19, 2015
    5 min

    The Creature from the Pit

    Like Martin Fowler, I am a long-time Doctor Who fan. Although I haven’t actually... Continue Reading
    Agile
    October 28, 2015
    6 min

    Agile 2015: DevOps and Craftsmanship

    In my last post, I talked about the interesting Agile 2015 sessions on team building... Continue Reading
    Technology
    August 17, 2015
    5 min

    The Science of Programming

    In Diamond in the Rough I talked some about the similarity I found between David... Continue Reading