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How Weak Opinions Damage Code Review

How Weak Opinions Damage Code Review

Weak opinions are comments that don't require action. They may seem gentle, but can lead to hard issues down the line. Let’s aim higher and promote strong opinions, constructive feedback, and a commitment to excellence.

Overcoming Inertia in Tasks and Projects

Overcoming Inertia in Tasks and Projects

Tactics for overcoming inertia, recognising when to pivot, and a few words about the importance of collaboration and estimation.

The power of "I don't know"

The power of "I don't know"

Imagine you have a colleague named Boris. And Boris has a problem: he's been working on a new feature for five days, but now it's all falling apart. The application starts up, runs for a few minutes, and then shuts down with some weird error message and a huge stack

What to do if you're a bottleneck

What to do if you're a bottleneck

Jackson is a go-to person when it comes to MongoDB. You have a problem – you go to Jackson.

The Story About a Smart Boss

The Story About a Smart Boss

Some people are lucky to work with extremely smart bosses. Molly hit the jackpot.

Who Influences Your Working Pace?

Who Influences Your Working Pace?

Types of people we may unknowingly use as pacers to adjust own behaviour. If you know them, you can control this effect and even change how you affect others.

Pacers – driving force of teams

Pacers – driving force of teams

Introducing the concept of pacers – people who can impact the performance of teams and companies by just speeding up or slowing down.