What is refactoring, why is it important and how can you get really good at it? In this Making Tech Better podcast episode, I spoke to @emilybache about enhancing the skills and culture of your teams, to make your code easier to understand and cheaper to modify.
You can listen here (subtitles on screen): https://youtu.be/ZcEz8cA017M?si=tYhdCbp851oiyLSz
I’m Gonna Leave You is one of my favourite Nina Simone songs (I love Nina so much), one of the ones she sings with pure attitude. On this occasion I had a go at performing it on one of the @manchesterjazzfestival pianos, at @factory_international ’s Aviva Studios, in Manchester.
What is hexagonal architecture, and how can it help to make your code more testable? In this Making Tech Better podcast episode, I spoke to @jitterted about the benefits and principles of hexagonal architecture, and how it enables you to keep your domain logic independent from the outside world.
You can listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpITtO-5d-o
In the meantime I’ve been revisiting my archives and have been delighted to find a shedload of talks and interviews that I’ll be sharing over the coming weeks.
I really enjoyed keynoting the @newcrafts community crafting event in Paris in 2023, with my Compassionate Refactoring talk. It’s about kindness and forgiveness, and the paradox that the more you accept and handle bad code, the more likely it is you'll end up with good code.
You can watch the talk here: https://vimeo.com/showcase/10559193/video/842231466
"Is it true that the best architectures emerge from self-organised teams?" This was the great question posed to us on the panel at Agile meets Architecture ’23, in Berlin. With Tim Ottinger in the chair, we thrashed it out on stage and had a little fun in the process.
Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzsiC-0DeQk
As well as the talk, I also have something I call the "stupidity manifesto", which is pledge you can sign to help us all stop making each other feel stupid: https://insimpleterms.blog/the-stupidity-manifesto
