Monday, September 10, 2018

Ep 66, The Blameless Postmortem


Have you ever worked in a blame-focused culture?  It's a toxic culture, to say the least.  Searching for blame after a bug has shipped accomplishes little and promotes bad politics.  A listener emailed me an article from Code As A Craft that talked about Blameless Postmortems.  It's a great concept, and it accurately describes some of the better cultures I've worked in, though it has its downsides.  In this episode, I deep dive into the various concepts.


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Monday, September 3, 2018

Ep 65, Technical Professionals With Non Developer Backgrounds


Have you ever had to work with senior technical professional who didn't have a background as a developer?  It can be a tricky relationship.  In this show, I respond to a listener's email who'd recently been assigned to work with a solutions architect that didn't have a developer background.


A new episode of A Programmer Refactored has been posted!