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Passive collaboration is essential to remote work’s long-term success

TechCrunch

The project required new hardware, software and telecommunications solutions, and took about 24 months to implement. Those outside of the tech industry may think that software engineers only need a computer and a secure internet connection to do their work. Active versus passive collaboration. Let’s think back to before COVID.

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#MyTechFrenemy

TechCrunch

Two years ago, Polly (also a pseudonym), who works in software, started posting Twitter threads with free or low-cost courses that Black people could sign up for to break into tech. Awodele told TechCrunch her attorney is reviewing what registrations MTBF requires to continue operating. MyTechFrenemy. Jack their s**t and remake it.”.

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Book review: Escaping the Build Trap by Melissa Perri

Wolk Software Engineering

A couple of days ago I finished reading Escaping the Build Trap by Melissa Perri and, as usual, I would like to share a review with the community. I’m a software engineer, not a product manager, product designer or product owner. I also enjoyed that the author doesn’t seem to be a blind believer in Scrum.

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Scaled Agile – Why? When? How?

Modus Create

In this blog post, we’ll review why, when, and how organizations should consider adopting Scaled Agile. Here are some common building blocks shared across the most popular Scaled Agile frameworks which you can implement as a solid foundation for your journey: Scrum of Scrums Meeting. Who shouldn’t? What does success look like?

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Top 13 GitHub Alternatives in 2020 [Free and Paid]

Codegiant

Without further ado: GitHub GitHub is a closed-core platform that hosts open-source software and projects. It maintains one of the best free version control software today?—?git. GitHub also boasts integrations with great tools like Google, Codacy, Code Climate, etc. You can build, test, and deploy your code inside GitHub?—?no

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Grown-Up Lean

LeanEssays

Lean was introduced to software a couple of decades ago. This working paper was submitted as a chapter in The International Handbook of Lean Organization , Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming. I show that these models derive from opposing assumptions about the nature of the software-debugging task.

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Our Engineering Apprentice Journey

Tandem

There is no competition between the apprentices, our hope is that both will continue their software journey with our company. Being a Tandem software consultant is about more than just writing code—we get to take part in the design process, product development, and business growth. We write a lot of code and so will you.