What does software craftsmanship mean to you?
You know what, just to set a good example I’ll answer the question first. How does that sound? To me there are several layers to this concept of software craftsmanship, bit like with ogres. There’s a...
View ArticleGlobal day of Coderetreat: the Belgian edition
On 3 December 2011 I was glad to kick off the Global Day of Code retreat. Before I start bothering you with details I just would like to thank Adrian Bolboaca for co-facilitating our Belgian...
View ArticleMy first coderetreat abroad
Last Saturday January 7 Adi and I traveled to the beautiful city of Amsterdam. We were invited there to facilitate the first coderetreat of 2012. I was really looking forward to this and also a little...
View ArticleIn-house coderetreat workshop
On Friday 13 January I facilitated my first in-house coderetreat workshop at a company in Antwerp. When I arrived there 10 minutes before the start, all seven developers were already sitting there....
View ArticleDealing with legacy in ruby
Last Friday I got to spend another day with the dev team at Protime, running a coderetreat on dealing with legacy code this time. I don’t call it a legacycoderetreat here because it was really...
View ArticlePracticing legacy rescue techniques
A little over a week ago it was time for our first legacycoderetreat of 2012 here in Belgium. I was lucky enough to work with Adrian Bolboaca again on this retreat. He is a serious influence and...
View ArticleIt was time for meditation this morning
Good morning everyone, it is such a beautiful and sunny morning today. I decided to switch out yoga for headspace meditation this morning. If you haven’t checked this out, I recommend you do that...
View ArticleA late night after an inspiring day
I am listening to 7 habits of highly effective people in the car and it was so amazing to be able to discuss so many things about what I “read” in this book tonight at the SoCraTesBE open space event...
View ArticleTime for a flashback
3 years ago I started working with a client, helping them get setup with the scrum framework to help them create focus, increase collaboration and reinforce continuous improvement. Today I’m going back...
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