CoderHood

The Human Dimension of Software Engineering

The Human Dimension of Software Engineering

You are here: Home / Archives for products

products

Product Vision, Agile, and Going to the Moon

by 5 Comments

Vision:
(noun)
a vivid mental image, especially a fanciful one of the future.

A Clear Vision

Everyone who lived before witnessing the Apollo 11 mission on July 20th, 1969, could only dream of touching the Moon. In 1865, Jules Verne, a French novelist, had that dream in the form of a novel that he titled "From the Earth to the Moon." He told a story of a group of gun enthusiasts and their attempts to build an enormous space gun to launch three people to the Moon.

It took 104 more years for … [Read more...] about Product Vision, Agile, and Going to the Moon

7 Strategies to Avoid Software Growth Zero, AKA Drowning in Maintenance

by Leave a Comment

The Software Garden

Software is like a garden. Both software and gardens require a lot of work, craftsmanship, and artistry to envision and create, especially when starting from scratch. They both evolve, and they both need constant maintenance, even if you don't make any significant improvement.

If you are a reader of my blog, you know that I use a character called Bolbo as my mental framework for the quintessentialsoftware developer. You might remember that he has a square jaw, messy black … [Read more...] about 7 Strategies to Avoid Software Growth Zero, AKA Drowning in Maintenance

How I Fixed My Carpal Tunnel Pain

by 4 Comments

Coding is Deceptively Safe.

Software Engineers spend the majority of their work hours sitting in front of a computer, typing on a keyboard or moving a mouse. At work, we don’t lift heavy things or climb on ladders, and there aren’t many job injuries caused by writing code. The most common ones I have seen are lower-back problems and wrist problems.

Lower back pain.

I am not a doctor, I know nothing about medicine, and I am not qualified to give any medical advice. However, I have been around … [Read more...] about How I Fixed My Carpal Tunnel Pain

11 Books All Software Engineers Must Read

by 1 Comment

When I started coding back in 1984, there wasn’t much literature available to guide me on my learning path. One of my issues was that I was in Italy and I didn’t know a word of English. It is possible that there were books available in English, but the selection of Italian translations was insufficient. I got the majority of my early knowledge from a few translated programming books and some technical magazines.

Among the translations that were available in Italian, I remember some of the early … [Read more...] about 11 Books All Software Engineers Must Read