Author Archives: davef

MSEC – The Modern Software Engineer’s Companion

Posted on December 10, 2022 by davef

I have been working on a side project over the past year or so. I had been making content for my YouTube channel and publishing articles, how to guides and other writing and learning from others, but lots of people … Continue reading →

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5 Things I Learned About Being a Technical Lead

Posted on November 23, 2022 by davef

The usual route to a Technical Leadership role is by getting promoted because of your technical skills or experience after working on a successful project. That was certainly true of me: I got my first Technical Leader role in a … Continue reading →

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Team Topologies – Book Review

Posted on July 15, 2022 by davef

Team Topologies – Book Review In many organisations where high-quality software development is essential for success, there is often a bias toward “immediate technological solutions” (automation, development tools, language adoption etc.). These things matter, but they aren’t the most important … Continue reading →

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What is Modern Software Engineering?

Posted on January 30, 2022 by davef

I have a new book out. It’s called “Modern Software Engineering” and I have been working on it for the past few years.  The ideas in it grew out of a growing realisation that the way that I approach software … Continue reading →

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Women in Computing

Posted on March 7, 2021 by davef

March 8th is International Women’s Day, which got me thinking again about why we have so few women programmers (well, in Europe and the USA anyway). Things didn’t start out this way. Many of the first programmers and pioneers of computing were … Continue reading →

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Is SAFe safe?

Posted on January 19, 2021 by davef

I recently made a passing comment in one of my videos about SAFe, it was a bit of a cheap-shot on my part if I am honest and I got picked-up on it, appropriately, by a viewer. It is too … Continue reading →

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Are we ‘Deploying’, ‘Releasing’ or ‘Delivering’?

Posted on December 17, 2020 by davef

This year I started a YouTube channel in which, every week, I discuss ideas related to Continuous Delivery. I have been very pleased with its success. As part of that, but also because of working from home more as a … Continue reading →

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101 Pieces of Advice for New Developers

Posted on November 18, 2020 by davef

Welcome! First, I’d like to say welcome. You’ve chosen a great industry and profession in which to pursue a career. We software developers are changing the world. We are changing the world with a unique form of creativity, and that … Continue reading →

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The Impact of Continuous Delivery

Posted on August 17, 2020 by davef

When Jez and I wrote our book, we knew that we were describing a powerful approach. We were very nervous of claiming a “Methodology” though. Instead we saw the Continuous Delivery book as describing, in some detail, an approach to … Continue reading →

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10 Years of “Continuous Delivery”

Posted on July 10, 2020 by davef

10 Years Since My Book Was Published My book, “Continuous Delivery” was launched on 10th August 2010, so in a few weeks time it will be the 10th anniversary of its publication. Jez and I spent 4 years writing the … Continue reading →

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