Topic

devteam

A collection of 4 issues

When “Code Quality” Becomes a Convenient Explanation

When startup founders come to me to talk about problems in their development teams, one phrase comes up again and again. “Code quality is low.” “That’s why development is slow.” “Maintenance is nearly impossible.” “We can’t add new features anymore.” At first, I assumed this language came from

AI now worries about performance. We, as developers, must worry about

When I was deep in hands-on development years ago, I had to understand the inner workings of databases to achieve acceptable performance. Even a small change in query casing could cause cache aging out, leading to HDD hits and a dramatic drop in speed. To avoid this, I spent countless

Beyond Cycle Time and Lead Time: What Productivity Really Means in Software Engineering

For years, our industry has tried to measure developer productivity in a simple way. Cycle Time, Lead Time, deployment frequency, sprint velocity—these metrics are useful, but they are far from the whole picture. And yet, many teams still fall into the trap of managing productivity as if we’re

When Backend and Frontend Live in Different Realities Inside the Same Team

Anyone who has worked in a development or engineering team knows this dynamic: we’re building the same product and sprinting toward the same goals, yet somehow living in completely different realities depending on whether we sit on the backend or the frontend. Backend Reality: Progress You Can’t See,