by Emily Bache | Mar 19, 2021 | Opinion
By Emily Bache There’s a frank discussion going on in the software industry at the moment about the words we use and the history behind them. Perhaps now is a good time to reconsider some of our terminology. For example, I’ve noticed we have several terms that...
by Emily Bache | Oct 18, 2020 | Review
A book for managers, about architecture Ruth Malan re-stated Conway’s law like this: “If the architecture of the system and the architecture of the organization are at odds, the architecture of the organization wins”. As a technical leader, that really caught my...
by Emily Bache | Aug 11, 2020 | Opinion
By Emily Bache Or: is Given-When-Then Compulsory? In BDD you discover what software you should build through a collaborative process involving both software developers and business people. BDD also involves a lot of test automation and tools like Cucumber and...
by Emily Bache | Apr 24, 2020 | Code Kata
It’s Test-Driven Development with a twist! Developing new functionality with approval tests requires some slightly different steps, but if you’re a visual thinker like me you might just prefer it. In this blog post I’ll explain how it works. Photo by Jason...
by Emily Bache | Feb 29, 2020 | Coding Skills
How your team actually writes its code is very important if your organization is trying to build products in an Agile way. This post considers the risks associated with insufficiently Agile coding practices and explains how to identify them before they become major...
