Addition by subtraction

As a developer or a user, you’ve likely experienced feature creep. In brief terms, this occurs by adding more and more features which in turn causes complexity. It makes it difficult to continue development and turns customers into ex-customers.

Success theater

A lot of companies will tout metics to prove how successful they are and most of the time the numbers are completely irrelevant.

These companies will spend more time patting themselves on their backs than doing the hard work. The stuff that actually drives results and serves…

Dismissed

The worst thing you can do to someone is write them off. Unworthy of your time, support, and empathy.

I’ve watched younger designers and developers starting out. Eager to learn and grow be completely mismanaged.

In retrospect

In the agile development world one of the ceremonies is a retrospective. At the end of a sprint, a cycle of work, the team meets to discuss what they did well and what they could have done better.

This aims to continuously improve the development process, the output, and the…

What is the problem?

When someone asks you to build a new feature, or redesign an existing one, do you know what the problem is that you’re looking to solve?

There’s no point in making a change if it’s not going to solve a problem. If you can’t define the problem, then don’t design the…

Be a contrarian

I never thought of myself as a contrarian until recently. In reality, I feared I would come off as a jerk if I was too often cutting against the grain. I’ve never sought attention, positive or negative.

Reinvent the wheel

I used to think, “the world doesn’t need another twitterbot, another weather app.” Shouldn’t we be focusing on other things that actually matter? That could actually help someone?

The world does need more inquisitive individuals, though. Those drawn to tinker and…

Two rabbits

There’s a saying that goes like this:

“If you try and chase two rabbits, you will not…

Side writing

I decided I’m going to do this. Writing that is.

I’ve never been a writer. I’ve decided to give it a go.

There are reasons why it would be helpful to have a writing habit. You can find 100’s of them with a simple search here on Medium. I’ve read them a…