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You hired them to speak up on day one
The newest person often sees the red flags first and says the least. I joined a team that called itself empowered. Very quickly, I saw that almost every meaningful step still needed stakeholder approval, and each approval could turn into a veto later. I noticed the pattern early, but because I was new, I assumed I was missing context. That everyone else understood something I did not.
Supermarket Meeting: The Secret to Cutting Down Useless Meetings
A Supermarket Meeting is a consolidated approach to recurring meetings, where diverse topics are discussed in one weekly session, similar to how you’d buy various items in one trip to the supermarket. Instead of creating multiple specialized meetings for different subjects, a supermarket meeting gathers all related discussions into a single, regular time slot. This maximizes productivity, ensures efficient use of time, and keeps meetings engaging and relevant.
3 Mistakes That Give Microservices a Bad Name
I’m sad to see that microservices are falling in popularity among architects and developers. Some say they are unnecessarily complex or overengineered. That one needs to learn so many new tools and technologies. That they introduce problems we had already solved. However, many ‘do microservices’ (unintentionally) wrong…
