Expand Contract Pattern and Continuous Delivery of Databases

No one size fits all

If it hurts, do it more often

One of my “key” learnings from the book “Continuous Delivery” is “If it hurts, do it more often”. Quoting Jez Humble:

Bear in mind: continuous delivery is not magic. It’s about continuous, daily improvement — the constant discipline of pursuing higher…

Refactoring workflows

Refactoring is a controlled technique for improving the design of an existing code base. Its essence is applying a…

Split table — A Database Refactoring Technique

Recently I came across a situation where I had to split a table into multiple…

Deliberate Practice

It is true that ‘Practice makes perfect’. But just practice won’t help. What is essential is the right, deliberate practice. As Michael Jordan says:

You can practice shooting 8 hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting…

Simplicity and Reliability

The code is a liability, not an asset. The debt begins for a team the moment the first line of code is written…

Naming — one of the hardest things in Software development

Interview with Thierry de Pauw — about his journey with Continuous Delivery, Issues with Feature Branching