Blog.
My musings on anything from leadership to technology to entrepreneurship and back.
Upgrade Hell
Not updating your software and systems will save a lot of time at the beginning. But it will hit you after a while and it will bring your engineering department to a halt. Let's discuss a simple solution.
How to Fight Procastination
Procastination sucks. But there are some ways to fight it! Let's check out some best-practices.
OKRs to Manage Your Teams
If you are a manager then OKRs are a great way to manager your teams. They allow you to set expectations straight and follow the progress of your teams over time. You should use them!
One-on-One - Best Practices
Let's check out some best practices for running great one-on-one conversations!
Two Characteristics of Great Engineering Departments
Deciding whether an engineering department rocks or sucks is surprisingly simple. Here are two simple characteristics to drive towards.
Architecture Decision Records
An engineering organization makes many decisions. Let's explore an approach that allows you to travel back in time and find out why decisions have been made in a certain way. That approach makes it also a lot simpler to think in a structured way about current challenges.
Two Characteristics of Great Managers
Managers have to very simple tasks. That way it is very easy to tell whether a manager does exceptionally well - or nothing at all.
The Role of 'Thanks' When Praising
There's a subtle difference between praising someone and saying 'thanks!'. Let's explore why it is better to say 'thanks' - usually.
What is the Fastest Way to Write to Sqlite from Java in 2023?
Sqlite is likely to the most widely used database system in the world. A lot of myths exist around inserting data quickly. Most of the performance recommendations seem to be outdated. Time to run some benchmarks on a recent version of sqlite!
Random Acts of Praise
There's some secret sauce that is used by the best leaders. One of the secrets is to praise where praise is due.
