by Russ Guill | Dec 20, 2019 | DPL Reading List
Each Friday, we share a curated list of articles we found during the past week. Here’s the list of the new and interesting ones we found this week. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. The Thermodynamics Behind the Mac...
by Chad Michel | Dec 17, 2019 | Software Engineering
Working in a legacy system runs the gamut of difficulty: it can be easy, sometimes challenging, and other times almost impossible. It is hard to know which of these experiences you will face until you get in there and do a little work. If you already have a good...
by Russ Guill | Dec 13, 2019 | DPL Reading List
Each Friday, we share a curated list of articles we found during the past week. Here’s the list of the new and interesting ones we found this week. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. How Your Organization’s Experts Can...
by Chad Michel | Dec 10, 2019 | Software Engineering
“If you don’t know where you are going you might end up somewhere else.” – Yogi Berra One of the critical challenges with legacy systems is not having a clear goal in mind. Knowing where you want to end up is essential for a few reasons. First, it provides...
by Russ Guill | Dec 6, 2019 | DPL Reading List
Each Friday, we share a curated list of articles we found during the past week. Here’s the list of the new and interesting ones we found this week. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. Microsoft sends a new kind of AI...
by Chad Michel | Dec 3, 2019 | Software Engineering
As you approach a legacy system, there are many things (plays) you might do to get a handle on it. We covered this list on a general level in my first post in this series. In this post, we are going to cover maybe the most important play: the system review. What...
by Russ Guill | Nov 29, 2019 | DPL Reading List
Each Friday, we share a curated list of articles we found during the past week. Here’s the list of the new and interesting ones we found this week. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. 50 years later, the internet’s...
by Chad Michel | Nov 26, 2019 | Software Engineering
There are a lot of working solutions out there. And there’s a lot of code behind those solutions. Along with those solutions are often many reasons why they need to be upgraded (and not just enhanced with new features). Sometimes the weight of technical debt becomes...
by Russ Guill | Nov 22, 2019 | DPL Reading List
Each Friday, we share a curated list of articles we found during the past week. Here’s the list of the new and interesting ones we found this week. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. LA Warns of...
by Chad Michel | Nov 20, 2019 | Leadership
Like many readers, I have enjoyed many of Malcolm Gladwell’s books. His book Outliers has been very influential on our culture’s thoughts. The 10,000-hour rule is known by most of us at this point; it has almost become a rule that people believe to be true. But...
