Story Points are Utter Nonsense
For a decade I made myself believe Agile story points made sense. They don't map to time, they don't map to anything, and it's time we admitted it.
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6 Ways ChatGPT Can Help You Code
Six practical ways I used ChatGPT to speed up development, from generating starting points and explaining code to writing tests, and where it goes wrong.
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Why chasing Unit Test coverage is a bad idea
When management chases code coverage metrics, quality suffers. Some less obvious examples of why chasing test coverage is a damaging process.
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Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
Another month, another Fundamentals exam. I passed Microsoft Azure Fundamentals and earned the Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals certification.
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Foundations of Humane Technology - Course completed
I completed the Foundations of Humane Technology course from the makers of The Social Dilemma — my notes on building tech that respects people's wellbeing.
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Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals
I passed the Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals exam and earned the Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals certification.
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Unit Tests - Keeping them clean and simple
One behaviour, one test. How to keep unit tests clean and simple so they stay readable, trustworthy and easy to maintain.
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Writing Good Acceptance Criteria
How to write good acceptance criteria: behaviour driven instead of procedural, the Given When Then format, the right tenses and full sentences.
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The Importance of Good Acceptance Criteria
Acceptance Criteria are often seen as a chore, but good ones give the whole team clarity. Why they matter and what they do for quality.
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In Coding, How Important is the Trivial?
A misspelt variable or a magic string in a pull request seems trivial. Why the small things matter in code, and how tall a hill you should die on.
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