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Learn TDD or AI May Replace You

What will software development look like when automation is freely available?

Oct 13, 2024

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Oct 13, 2024

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Your Tech Debt Strategy Will Fail

Tech debt strategies often ignore people. They shouldn’t.

Sep 10, 2024

Your Tech Debt Strategy Will Fail

Sep 10, 2024

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4 Things I Learned About Learning While Coaching at a Boot Camp

How learning is elevated by application and community

Oct 18, 2024

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Oct 18, 2024

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Software Engineers Should Be Able To Push Code To Production On Their First Day

This is a great KPI not just for onboarding, but for the health of your development process and culture

Aug 18, 2024

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Aug 18, 2024

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Cursor Will Change The Way You Write Code

If you know how to use it properly

Jan 21

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Jan 21

The Cat Is On The Roof

How to deliver bad news

Jan 6

The Cat Is On The Roof

Jan 6

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It’s Time To Ditch Standups (And Other Agile Relics)

The Agile rulebook needs rewriting

Jan 6

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Jan 6

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Psychology of Workplaces

Achieve More At Work: It’s Not What You’d Expect

Pushing harder doesn’t always make you go faster

Dec 3, 2024

Achieve More At Work: It’s Not What You’d Expect

Dec 3, 2024

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The Worst Job I Ever Had

It’s not about the work — It’s about the people

Nov 21, 2024

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Nov 21, 2024

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AI Advances

Want To Make The Most of AI? Narrow Your Focus

The more clearly you understand the problem, the more effective your solution will be

Nov 20, 2024

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Nov 20, 2024

Mark Somerfield

Mark Somerfield

I'm CTO at a London-based startup. 20 years experience as a software engineer. Neurodivergent.

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