Video 2022-11-25 Five Dysfunctions and Culture Code If you're into technology teams and flow, you're in luck. This week we're covering both a classic teams book and probably the best teams book I've read in the last 10 years Daniel B. Markham 25 Nov 2022 · 1 min read
Video 2022-11-04 The Goal The book that changed the management world, including the patron book of DevSecOps Daniel B. Markham 5 Nov 2022 · 1 min read
Video 2022-10-28 UML Distilled The book that helped kick off a revolution in large-system technology design and implementation Daniel B. Markham 30 Oct 2022 · 2 min read
Video 2022-10-21 Random Roundup Michael Feathers joined Jon, Greg, and I for a random-topic roundup. Much fun! Daniel B. Markham 22 Oct 2022 · 1 min read
Society Technology is a Racket We make a categorical error when talking about how modern technology interacts with society. Until we understand the problem, we'll never make progress towards a solution. Daniel B. Markham 19 Oct 2022 · 5 min read
Video 2022-10-07 Clean Code Even bad code can function. But if code isn’t clean, it can bring a development organization to its knees. Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of poorly written code. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Daniel B. Markham 6 Oct 2022 · 2 min read
Video 2022-09-30 How To Force Checkmate One of the best books on chess I've read, from 1949. Daniel B. Markham 30 Sep 2022 · 1 min read
Video Slack: Getting Past Burnout Why is it that today’s superefficient organizations are ailing? Tom DeMarco, a leading management consultant to both Fortune 500 and up-and-coming companies, reveals a counterintuitive principle that explains why efficiency efforts can slow a company down. Daniel B. Markham 23 Sep 2022 · 2 min read
Video The Mythical Man-Month Few books on software project management have been as influential and timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. With a blend of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions, Fred Brooks offers insight for anyone managing complex projects. Daniel B. Markham 16 Sep 2022 · 2 min read
Video The Pragmatic Programmer The Pragmatic Programmer is one of those rare tech books you’ll read, re-read, and read again over the years. Whether you’re new to the field or an experienced practitioner, you’ll come away with fresh insights each and every time. Daniel B. Markham 9 Sep 2022 · 2 min read
Video Principles of Product Development Flow The uber-grandaddy of all management books. Reinertsen examines today's product development practices and explains why invisible and unmanaged queues are the underlying root cause of poor product development performance Daniel B. Markham 2 Sep 2022 · 2 min read
Video Conway's Life, TDD and F# How does TDD change depending on the types of tools you're using and the method you're using to solve a programming problem? Here a few of us TDD proponents walk through a Conway's Life implementation in F# WITHOUT using TDD (successfully) Daniel B. Markham 29 Aug 2022 ·
Video 2022-07-01 Nerd Roundup Free CRDT desktop tool, using math to spot liars, blood pressure tattoos, Mr. Fusion garage-sized reactors, and more. Daniel B. Markham 1 Jul 2022 · 2 min read
Learning Novum Novum Organum Organum++ Ok kids, we're going to refactor all of the modern education system. Who wants to go first? Daniel B. Markham 28 Jun 2022 · 4 min read
