The Grand High Order of the Easter Bunny Open source doesn’t just work because it’s better quality (generally) than closed source software. It works because it’s far easier to weave knowledge of it into an organisation. If everybody can use it then anybody can become expert in it. The lack of licenses, training, etc demystifies and democratises software which massively improves it’s changes of long term success in the business. ...
The New New Tool A change story for everyday folk. Any similarities to projects ongoing or past are entirely intentional.
NoSQL in the Enterprise Part two of series on NoSQL in the enterprise. This one specifically looks at MongoDB and all it’s nuances and how these were managed in a corporate development setting.
Freedom from the Tyranny of Schemas This article, based on commercial experience, takes a pragmatic look at NoSQL and its fit with the conservative world of corporate IT. It covers how NoSQL products sit alongside relational alternatives, some of the issues experienced in breaking resistance to the concept, and how to overcome them.
The Attraction of Laws A short treatise on some of the most relevant eponymous laws as they may apply to the field of software engineering.
The Secret Sauce Great software requires an understanding of the secret sauce that goes into making it. Enterprises that fall down when it comes to great architectures can also tap into this recipe. It turns out that architecture needs and good agile practices are actually one and the same.
Crisis Over Software development projects have problems, but software development doesn’t.
Ungoverning the Business Standards in enterprise IT aren’t just irrelevent, they’re devisive, dangerous and they restrict progress. You don’t need governance and you don’t need standards. You need checkpoints in the process you already have and a community that determines its own accepted practices and keeps them alive.
Hammer Time IT in big corporates has become so afraid of making mistakes that hardly anybody will stand up and say following corporate platform standards, or waterfall design, might not be the best approach. This is a post in favour of (some) tool-first thinking.
Strained Relationships Just what is all this fuss about NoSQL? Is the relational database dead? Or are we just in need of alternative options to solve a new breed of problem?