One common design anti-pattern in the software engineering industry that I’ve come across repeatedly over the years is the practice of having infrastructure mirror the organizational structure of the company using it - a systems-level application of Conway’s law. …

Aspiring leaders often ask what the important traits are of a successful leader. Typically, the best advice is to model the desired behaviours observed in other successful leaders. The following is my personal list of what I have observed to be 10 of the most important qualities of world-class leaders. Optimize for the team’s success …

Test automation is accepted as a best practice and seen as a must in nearly all software engineering projects. After all, automated tests can run continuously 24/7/365 without any breaks and are the best way to quickly catch regressions in the code base almost as soon as they are introduced…

Technical continuity is an important aspect of any engineering team as the team’s staffing changes over time. Engineers will move on to new opportunities for legitimate reasons and new faces will be hired to take their place. For large enough teams, losing a few seasoned engineers at once is not…