Thinking clearly about software

Saying no to leadership is sometimes necessary when you’re at the helm of a project. Whether they’re proposing a timeline that can’t be…

Don’t be a JIRA ticket zombie! I think a common experience among ambitious juniors - certainly I did this once - is to get frustrated at the…

My blog has gotten a lot of traffic in the last few months. Here’s what I think I’ve been doing that’s working, and a few things that have…

For the last ten years I’ve worked for American tech companies as an Australian based in Australia. First I worked in a satellite office for…

As I’ve written about before, what defines a strong engineer is the ability to do tasks that weaker engineers can’t, even with near…