🧠 The biggest mistake programmers make is writing flexible and abstract code. Some of us believe th...

Kubernetes, Istio, knative and an internally developed specification for “hardening” containers are now the default software development platform across the military.

As 2019 draws to a close, I wanted to jot down some thoughts on some of the most important technological adoptions and innovations in tech…

Try JetBrains Mono in your IDE. Its simple forms and attention to every detail make coding a nice experience for developers’ eyes, no matter which IDE you choose.

The commitizen command line utility. #BlackLivesMatter - commitizen/cz-cli

Forgetting all we learned over the past 40 years, we tell ourselves that running microservices in containers provides all the security we need. We convince ourselves that operating behind a firewall protects us from harm. What could possibly go wrong?

For the past few years, I’ve been publishing a list of my favorite tech talks from the previous year. As always, the usual caveats apply…

Time and resources are limited. How we spend our time and apply our resources when developing software systems is possibly the most…

Mega list of 1 on 1 meeting questions compiled from a variety to sources - VGraupera/1on1-questions

For smaller teams, Kubernetes is usually the wrong solution: too complex, too complicated, and with too much work to keep it running.

Since the start of the year, I’ve been making mistakes with with my free time. I’ve been spending some of my leisure time on wrong activities.

Common Software Jams and Solutions

Comcast has cultivated an Architecture Guild, with the goal of "threading the needle" between obtaining advantageous critical mass around certain common technologies without undermining individual teams' agency.  The Architecture Guild is a grassroots framework…

Today, a software development company’s office reminds an amusement park, rather than a workplace. There is no need to visit Disneyland anymore, because ping-pong tables, golf fields, game consoles, and color chairs are spread across the office rooms, connected…

In this post, I will summarize my thoughts on what helps me survive the COVID crisis and stay sane. I hope this post will help you survive the current and future turbulent times. Expect some good books here.