Software Craft

Testing Time-Based Features with Feature Flags

Tom Hombergs
August 3, 2022

Time-based features in a software application are a pain to test. To test such a feature, you can (and should) write unit tests, of course.

Software Craft

Feature Flags: Make or Buy?

Tom Hombergs
March 15, 2022

According to Google’s DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) group, software delivery performance influences organizational performance in general. That means if you’re good at delivering software, you’re good at business.

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One Best Way - Continuous Improvement in Software Engineering

Heidi Waterhouse
November 7, 2021

Let’s talk about what it means to find the one best way of doing something. We’ve been trying to answer this question since the dawn of someone teaching anyone how to do a task.

Software Craft

Laws and Principles of Software Development

Tom Hombergs
October 31, 2021

In discussions around software development, it’s almost impossible to avoid quoting a law or two. “This won’t work because of ‘The Law of X’!

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Atomic Habits in Software Development

Jessica Cregg
September 25, 2021

Compound interest is both a powerful and apt analogy for when it comes to devising your workflows. Improving a process' efficiency and efficacy by 2% can feel negligible.