Essential complexity is where software engineers are uniquely able to deliver business value, whereas accidental complexity is what some engineers think looks good on their resumes. Another dimension, shown in the diagram below, is frequency. This ...
As applications scale, infrequent problems become significant. A network failure for 0.1% of requests is trivial at 1,000 requests per day, but a nightmare for customer support at 1,000,000 requests per day. This commonly happens when we have externa...
How often have you seen this happen: The business is anxious that the product team is not kicking enough goals. They want better business outcomes faster, so they hire more software engineers. Makes sense at first glance, right? Engineers write the c...
Much of the existing literature regarding team culture assumes a co-located team. It’s not that hybrid or remote teams didn’t exist before the pandemic, but they certainly weren’t the norm. Existing studies consider facets such as desk position, buil...
Application Performance Index (Apdex) is a standardised method for calculating the perceived satisfaction of a user accessing your service. It divides all served requests into three categories: satisfied, tolerating, and frustrated. A user's request ...
Recently I wrote an article about applying Functional Programming to Domain-Driven Design. One of the key benefits of that approach is improved testability, but we didn't get to delve into it too deeply. In this article, we will consider what factor...
