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We can still hear the echoes of Steve Ballmer’s “developers, developers, developers” chant. This could be just a funny video but even today, software development is too centered on developers. We should shout “users, users, users!” instead. What can we do about it? The user-centered design process advocates for close…
Creating patterns to describe something creates nomenclature. Once you have a name for something, it’s easier to recognize when you see it again. The Productive Programmer
I’ll present the testing patterns that I apply in every project since they’ve proven very beneficial to the team in regard to the goals…
You probably learned about clean code. But what about lean code? What would make you a lean coder?
Eliminating waste (the first lean principle) is about maximizing the amount of work not done. …
My main goal is to call out the attention to the product designer’s role. The main targets are developers and product managers. Let’s start with why.
Isn’t product design for designers? Product design is all about solving users’ problems and that’s hopefully a team concern. Nobody is telling you to…
Before starting, let’s clear out two assumptions:
There…
This is the continuation of my previous article:
Since we’re talking about software development, technology is surely fundamental in fear and risk management. Confidence in the system equals increases psychological safety as you feel safer to make mistakes. In other words, we put technology at our service to reduce or…
Cohesion refers to the degree to which the elements inside a module (e.g. a class) belong together. High cohesion means all the code in a module is related; low cohesion means that the module contains unrelated pieces of code.
In fact, Apple didn’t introduce the iPod until twenty two months after Creative’s entry into the market. […] The problem was, they advertised their product as a “5GB mp3 player.” It is exactly the same message as Apple’s “1,000 songs in your pocket.” The difference is Creative told us WHAT…
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a structured pyramid of human needs.
Notice that personal security lies within the safety needs, just above the physiological needs. If we don’t satisfy those lower-level needs, how can we unleash the ones above, where creativity and innovation can happen? If you’re…
