A data scientist shares practical habits and workflows for executing successful data science projects, focusing on research, experimentation, and team alignment.
A data scientist shares three essential pre-project tasks—the one-pager, time-box, and breakdown—to avoid common pitfalls and ensure project success.
A senior engineer describes how the Feature Lead role at Nested provided the growth and business impact he was missing as a senior developer.
A developer shares their experience leading a new web project using F# and recommends key books for software development and team management.
A data scientist shares how adopting Scrum, despite initial resistance, improved project management and delivery for data science teams.
A tech professional shares lessons from college on running efficient meetings, focusing on agendas, roles, and timekeeping for better team collaboration.
A critique of Scrum and agile methodologies, arguing for a healthier, trust-based approach to software development.
A FOSS maintainer reflects on the unique joys and intense stresses of working full-time on free and open-source software projects.
Explores using three complementary metrics—delivery date accuracy, feature completeness, and defect rates—to measure software team health and prevent gaming single metrics.
A new comic strip series, 'The OmniDevs,' launches, humorously tackling the common developer struggle of estimating work.
A guide for developers on managing project stakeholders and communication to stay focused on coding while keeping everyone informed.
A guide for software engineers on handling project estimation requests, offering strategies for bottom-up and top-down approaches.
A maintainer discusses how to guide contributors in free software projects, identifying their strengths and fostering growth across various roles like coding, documentation, and support.
Explores the concept of 'governance on demand' for open source projects, suggesting formal structures be established only when conflict arises.
A panel discussion exploring whether Agile methodologies can be effectively applied to data science projects, featuring insights from industry experts.
An interview with Maven developer Robert Scholte discussing the inner workings of the project and future plans for Maven 4 and 5.
A developer's post-mortem analysis of their unfinished pet project, EmpGrid, a web app for tracking employee online presences, built with .NET Core.
A guide outlining the responsibilities and expectations for a Project Lead role in a software development team, including planning, execution, and launch phases.
A maintainer shares principles for managing volunteer-driven Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) projects, focusing on volunteer well-being and empowering contributors.
A developer shares a simple method for keeping project notes using a scratch.md file in Laravel projects, with tips on global gitignore.
