Leadership & Strategy The Unfiltered Truth About Creating Content on YouTube (And Why I Quit) Creating educational content on YouTube is incredibly hard. That simple fact is the reason I had to take a long break from my YouTube channel and newsletter. But this isn't a post about my personal challenges. It's an honest, behind-the-scenes look at what it truly takes
Leadership & Strategy Time to reconsider open source? This is the fourth episode of my newsletter where we discuss Software Architecture, Leadership and Beyond. In this episode, we will focus on recent events that should impact our perception of open source. At the end, you will also find a summary of all the content I released in the
Leadership & Strategy Avoiding Burnout and Analysis Paralysis I started writing this newsletter issue back in October 2023. Eventually I did not publish it because I needed to give myself some time to recharge the batteries and relieve the pressure that had been mounting during my first year creating content on YouTube at a regular cadence. Content creation,
Leadership & Strategy Inefficiencies of Software Development Why is software development so slow and costly? There is always a stage during the lifetime of a software system where development efficiency decreases significantly. Everything feels slow and costly. Teams that previously delivered features within a couple of weeks start requesting months to complete newly prioritized features. Tension builds
Leadership & Strategy The COP Theorem for Success (my answer to McKinsey) McKinsey article on measuring individual software developer productivity ignited many souls in the software engineering world. This is my perspective as a long-standing software architect. If you haven’t heard yet about the McKinsey article “Yes, you can measure software developer productivity”, you must be living under a rock! In
Leadership & Strategy The secret recipe of successful Agile and DevOps For years, I wanted to write about my take on Agile and DevOps. I never did because I feel there is no value in expressing an opinion if it’s not backed by facts. Today, I am finally in the position of sharing my opinion after having tried and tested