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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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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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Q&A from GOTO Copenhagen Session on Reactive Systems

Posted on November 19, 2019 by davef

I recently spoke at GOTO Copenhagen on the topic of Reactive Systems. I will post a link to the video of my talk here when it is published. I didn’t have time to answer all of the questions, so here … Continue reading →

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Autonomy != Anarchy

Posted on August 30, 2019 by davef

I am a long-standing believer in the principles of Agile development. I have been working this way for several decades, before it was referred to as “Agile”. I am friends with several signatories to the original “Agile Manifesto” and with … Continue reading →

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Devoxx presentation on Continuous Delivery

Posted on February 13, 2012 by davef

At Devoxx 2011 I did a talk on Continuous Delivery, in which I describe the process and principles of CD, using our experience at LMAX as an example. This has now been published here.

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Interview on High performance Java

Posted on January 5, 2012 by davef

I recently spoke, with my ex-colleague Martin Thompson, at the GOTO conference in Aarhus. While we were there we were interviewed by Michael Hunger. We discussed various topics centered around the design of high performance systems in Java, the evolution … Continue reading →

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