The way the human brain works has interested to me ever since high school. It’s a fascinating topic, still linked to many mysteries and whose study will undoubtedly create astounding insights. What seemed back then simply an intellectual interest has become much more than that. We’re living in the age of information that exposes us to more and more data, news and 140 characters...
It’s that time of year again. The time when passionate developers get together all over the world to learn from each other. It’s time for Global Day of Coderetreat! Yet not everything is perfect. The main complain I hear from people attending Coderetreats, especially after a few of them, is that they get bored with Conway’s Game Of Life. I strongly believe that this issue comes...
Every once in a while, I have conversations with people about what really is TDD. Since I built a certain knowledge on the topic in time not only by using it but also by explaining it to others, I decided to write this article that details my definite view on what TDD is. I hope you’ll find it useful. Short Version This is a long article. If you’re in a hurry, this is the 5 minutes...
This is a long due blog post. I wrote it before the series of blog posts on Usable Software Design (first, second and third) but due to a strange series of events (including totally forgetting that I wrote it) is published after them. In a sense, the ideas from this blog post are superseded by the series on Usable Software Design. In many other senses, it contains a ton of background information...
Yesterday Claudia Rosu and I organized the first autumn Bucharest agile meetup. We had decided to organize it with an open space format, but it ended up to be half about organizing an open space and half actually practicing the format.