Creating a roadmap can be a challenging task. I can’t really say I am an expert on the matter, but have done it a couple of times. …

This post was originally intended as a compilation of suggestions to promote a “one remote, all remote” approach to meetings. That is, instead of using room equipment that can make the experience less than ideal for remote attendees, if one person joins remotely, everyone does. During COVID-19 lockdown, I’ve confirmed…

Have you ever struggled evaluating the performance of your direct reports? Or have you been surprised in your performance evaluation meeting with your manager? In this post I’ll explain a different approach and will give you some tips and guidelines to implement it yourself. Is this 1-pager worth your time? As managers, it is important to…

In an attempt to lighten the mood a bit during this difficult time, I put together a new retrospective technique inspired by the latest developments on COVID-19 and what we know about how to fight it. Keep reading if you want to know more. Like in previous posts, I use…

Saint Patrick’s Day is around the corner. The 17th of March is celebrated in green and gold all around the world. I thought it might be fun to design a retrospective based on this festivity. I use miro as a virtual whiteboard. It’s a visual collaboration tool that makes it…

This post is heavily based on https://martinfowler.com/articles/on-pair-programming.html (38 min read). That is, however, a very long (yet very good) article. For those of us that can’t or don’t want to afford spending that long, I collated its main points and added a few twists of my own. …

Today I’ll show you how to deploy your static website to S3, and how you can configure a custom domain with Route 53 and enable HTTPS (why wouldn’t you) with CloudFront. Keep reading to find out more! Even though this information is available in the AWS documentation, I ran into…

In this post I will show you how to build a minimalist theme for Hugo. Pre-requisites A basic understanding of Hugo templating and folder structure Having installed Hugo locally https://gohugo.io/getting-started/installing/ Hugo is written in Go, but you do not need to install it for now. Getting started Create a new Hugo site hugo…

Following up from the last article about managing low performers, this time I will talk about the other side of the coin, high performers. But first, we need to understand what they are. They maintain a positive attitude at all times, focused on what they can do. They believe that…