We started a new project last week, and I started to wonder what are the most important things to do if we want to get a project started as fast as possible (without messing it up). I figured out three things which have helped me to concentrate on the right things during the early phases […] Read more

Each week I write a blog post which describes what I learned that week. I write these blog posts for two reasons. First, I want to keep track of my personal development and writing regular blog posts is a great way to do it. Second, I want to share my findings with you. I hope […] Read more

Best practices are the backbone of software development (or so we are told). Every developer has his own opinions about software development processes, architecture, and programming. These opinions are based on education, personal experiences, and the experiences of other software developers. These opinions are also known as best practices, and every software company has them. […] Read more

Software development is a strange industry. New technologies emerge in a fast pace and old technologies become obsolete. The ability to learn new technologies is considered as a sign of a great software developer. It is expected from all of us. And yet, all of us don’t welcome these new technologies and ideas with open […] Read more

The one thing that has always bothered me about functional programming languages is that they seem to attract very intelligent and extremely arrogant people. You might argue that these people are the loud minority of the functional programming community, and you might be right. But guess what? It does not matter. If you want to […] Read more