Interviewing developers: To FizzBuzz or not to FizzBuzz

I had held many interviews in the last years, and I never asked anyone to do a whiteboard coding or code something in the interview, nor I had anyone do screening with a hacker rank style platform. After the interview, what I occasionally do, if I consider it makes sense, I ask participants if they… Continue reading Interviewing developers: To FizzBuzz or not to FizzBuzz

The story on how I discovered, fell in love and abandoned Event Sourcing

Well, yeah ... quite the title here, for quite the story. To be honest, I discovered and used Event sourcing way before it was called event sourcing, and way before it was cool, or at least at that time, I had no idea that this will become such a hot topic. It all happened about… Continue reading The story on how I discovered, fell in love and abandoned Event Sourcing

Holistic development and the tale of the unclear requirement

I am a big believer in holistic development, and before I go and present my opinion on this let's start with the elephant in the room: What exactly does holistic mean ? Holistic - characterized by the belief that the parts of something are intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole. Oxford… Continue reading Holistic development and the tale of the unclear requirement