I am a software engineer and software architect. I regularly reflect on my doings and try to understand the things i do. And this little blog is me sharing insights from these reflections.
People i work with realize very soon, that there is nothing more that i love to do, than reduce complexity - in code, structures, tools, process... I can't claim that i do this always or it is always successful, but when it is this is just amazing. T...
From time to time i hear stories of organizations - or to be more specific managers - that struggle with agile concepts. One of these stories goes like this: A manufacturer restructures its processes and some younger engineers propose feedback loops...
It is again this time of the year where i find some rest to code just for fun. The last few days i was doing some Codewars katas. When i solve a kata it is not just for the nice feeling of solving a tricky puzzle. It is also a training. So in the beg...
The Global day of code retreat is an annual event which i cherish a lot. Last year it had to be skipped due to the still ongoing pandemic, but this year it was possible to perform such a code retreat thanks to vaccinations and tests. Here i'd like to...
Code coverage is an important metric about your code and tests. And like any metric you have to understand the underlying assumptions and computations to understand the value of this metric to use it efficiently. So what is code coverage: Code Cover...
Accidental complexity is a huge topic in our industry and it is often cited as a reason for slow development or even failing projects. However the term accidental complexity is a term that is often used, but not very often understood - at least in my...
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