PinnedJohn ColemanHow to keep your scrum agileWhen Paul Cowan wrote ‘Why scrum has become irrelevant’, he diagnosed a number of significant issues with agile development(1). I’ve seen…Aug 27, 2021Aug 27, 2021
John ColemanLaunching a Magento store in minutesIf you are interested in exploring the world of e-commerce with the Magento® 2 platform, there are more than a few articles on how to set…Mar 3Mar 3
John ColemanFast fail exception handlingExceptions are an unfortunately reality of performing fallible operations, particularly those that involve input/output with hardware such…Dec 28, 2023Dec 28, 2023
John ColemanSpring Controllers and Vavr validationA functional approach to error handling with Springs ResponseEntityJul 24, 20231Jul 24, 20231
John ColemanFixing 30 years of software development pains?Reflection upon a personal journey from COBOL to Java thru GoJul 8, 2023Jul 8, 2023
John ColemanYou aren’t going to need it?“Always implement things when you actually need them, never when you just foresee that you need them.” Ron JeffriesOct 17, 2022Oct 17, 2022
John ColemanWhy Kotlin and not Java?Let me tell you 2 great reasons why you should get into Kotlin. I’m a Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform, I even have the…Aug 15, 20223Aug 15, 20223
John ColemanIndividuals and Interactions Over Processes and Tools?It sounds good, it feels good, but what is it? Let’s start digging into the first value of the Agile Manifesto bullet point style and look…Jan 20, 2022Jan 20, 2022
John ColemanObjective Story PointsThe key to the Planning Fallacy is that as humans we tend to estimate our tasks as taking far less time that said tasks will actually take…Sep 16, 2021Sep 16, 2021