war-story

When are full software rewrites needed? Having dealt with a full rewrite of a software application recently, it left me wondering if it was needed at all, if there was any way to salvage the project or some parts of the project. Could we have avoided the rewrite? Introduction I have encountered the necessity of rewriting full software projects several times in my career but in my last years I have had to do it twice. [Read More]

Using LLMs to create a python library I have used Gemini and Claude LLM models to create a mypy plugin to mark a function as pure: mypy-pure. Introduction I think that static analysis in Python is a great opportunity to catch a lot of issues before running the program. I do not even remember when, but I saw a thread in the Python official forum where a user was suggesting this @pure decorator idea to the Steering Council of Python. [Read More]

Use LLMs to handle tedious tasks There are some times where there are tedious tasks that need to be done in our software projects. We know how to do it but usually delay them because they are boring, not challenging and painfully long. The LLMs (Large Language Models) promise faster and better software development. Could we use a LLM to do them? Could we leverage the LLMs to free them from these chores? [Read More]

Everybody has value In this post I tell a war story that happened during my time in a medium-sized multi-national company where I had a leadership role. Introduction Working there I had a good developer in my team with some physical disabilities (vision related). Others hand the idea that they were frustrated in their day-to-day role, and indeed it looked like they were. This developer felt not being used at their 100% capacity, and consequently, they felt undervalued. [Read More]

CV Driven Development CV Driven Development or Resume Driven Development consist on taken strategic decisions based on how they improve the CV of the developers that work on that project. Introduction Most of the project management methodologies have a focus on improving the satisfaction of the clients and users. Most of the time by removing friction between them and the development process, or by reducing waste. CV Driven Development has as one of the non-functional requirements learning something new. [Read More]