Stories by jeffrey-sherman

In a Remote First World, Being Local Is the Only Leverage a Developer Has

SaaS Project Deadlines Are Artificial

Skipping Tests to Deliver Faster

Demos Disasters Teach You More Than Triumphs

The Purpose of a Demo Is Feedback

ASCII Boobs in Your Codebase Won't Fix Themselves

Collaborative Breakdown: Estimating Full Projects

Musketeering Makes Problems Intractable

Understanding Churn Rate for Subscription SaaS Developers

Why SaaS Projects with "New" or "Next" in the Name Are Likely to Fail

Are Foreign Keys Slower Than Corrupt Data Is Expensive?

Dropdooms How Binding an Unbounded Reference Table Can Kill UI Performance

Could you do a cold restart?

Tactics to Start Scaling Software

Edge Case Is Showing: Stand by United

Multiple Queues vs Prioritized Queues at the Airport

A Failure to Iterate Became a Full Rewrite

Multiple Queues vs Prioritized Queues for SaaS Background Workers

Calling the Baby Ugly Won't Short Circuit the Emperor's New Clothes

Common Cause vs Special Cause in Software Variation

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