Refactoring—the word alone evokes mixed feelings among many developers. Perhaps it makes you think of effort, time that doesn’t directly contribute to new features, or even unnecessary perfectionism. But refactoring is so much more. It’s the key to better, more maintainable software and more efficient teamwork. In this article, I’d like to share my thoughts…
The sprint retrospective is a central element of Scrum, providing your team with the opportunity to reflect on collaboration and continuously improve. But what happens when expectations for the retro become so rigid that its actual purpose—learning and growing—fades into the background? This question often occupies my thoughts, as I frequently encounter varying needs and…
Do you know the feeling of working on a piece of code that you know, deep down, isn’t good? Yet, because you or someone else has already invested a lot of time and energy into it, it’s hard to let go. Instead, the decision is made to keep the code—knowingly accepting technical debt. Welcome to…
The turn of the year is traditionally a time for reflection and setting new goals. Perhaps you mentally create a list or even write your goals down. However, these goals are often too vague or overly ambitious. What if you planned your resolutions like an agile project? This approach could not only help you achieve…
Two of the most well-known psychological phenomena that affect our self-perception are the Dunning-Kruger effect and Impostor Syndrome. While one leads to overconfidence, the other makes us deeply doubt our own successes and abilities. In this article, we will examine both phenomena using my career as a software developer as an example. Entering the Workforce…
Software development is full of best practices, patterns, and methodologies that aim to make our work more efficient and our code more reliable. We often look to successful projects and experienced developers for guidance, trying to replicate their techniques to achieve similar success. However, sometimes we focus too much on copying these practices without fully…
In the past few months, I got another chance to use my camera and go on an adventure to take some good photos. I usually go to work early. Sometimes, I don’t take the bus or train and drive my car instead. When I drive, I cross a bridge and always look to the left…
A little insight in the city Plochingen Since the weather started getting better, I decided to grab my camera and walk around my city, to see what’s blooming and growing around here. Sadly, there weren’t only flowers and trees sprouting from the ground, there was also a lot of trash, especially masks. As I continued…
Every time one wants to start a new project, usually the requirements for solving the problem have to be faced. Which server should i pick, which database to take and which programming language should i use? The last question will be subject of this article. there a lot of measurements one can help to see…