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2025 1

  1. From Autocomplete to Partner: A Two-Week AI Development Transformation

2022 3

  1. Python Context Manager
  2. Practice vs. Competition
  3. should_methods_be_named_like_this?

2021 3

  1. Hexploration
  2. What is an Agile Technical Coach?
  3. The 4 Benefits of Tests

2020 4

  1. The Point of 'No Return'
  2. Online Remote Training: Lessons Learned
  3. Modified STUK storage to fit under a SÖDERHAMN Ikea couch
  4. Recovering a lost code base

2019 2

  1. Thoughts on CodeRetreat
  2. The Problem with Hackathons

2018 1

  1. Safeguarding: A step-by-step guide

2017 5

  1. Mindmap retrospective
  2. On Investing
  3. Why we did a speed meet at our conference and why you should too!
  4. Thoughts on conference design
  5. Is there a perfect API Design?

2016 7

  1. 5 ways to do Decision trees in C#
  2. Interview with Bryan Beecham about Pairing w/me the first time
  3. Using intellisense for documentation
  4. The coordination tax of working alone
  5. Two people working on the same thing
  6. Defining 'Technical'
  7. Don't use the greater than sign in programming

2015 3

  1. Mob Programming and Trivial problems
  2. Making Things Smaller
  3. Women in Tech & Men in Zumba

2014 8

  1. The Interview - Putting together a new mob
  2. Putting together a new Mob
  3. #NoEstimates and Travel
  4. Llewellyn’s strong-style pairing
  5. Duplication and Cohesion
  6. Do you favor Removing Duplication or Expressive Code?
  7. What's the impact of how long your tests take?
  8. Test First vs Test After

2013 2

  1. Intention and Indebt
  2. Dependency Injection vs. Dependency Injection Framework

2012 3

  1. Better Carpools with Compossible Cars
  2. Generic Type Information at Runtime in Java
  3. This (new) developers life

2011 8

  1. Agile 2012 Development Practices & Craftsmanship stage
  2. Agile Open Northern California
  3. Open Agile SoCal 2011
  4. Test-Driven Cameras
  5. Fire Programmers not using Source Control
  6. The value of Pair Programming
  7. Illusions of Grandeur and Agreement
  8. Guide to opening Christmas presents with 10+ people

2010 9

  1. My Treadmill Desk
  2. Extension Methods
  3. Lamdbas in Java 1.6
  4. Theory Based Testing
  5. Rewriting Vs Refactoring
  6. The importance of your Compile Time
  7. Recipes in Java
  8. Recipes in Java
  9. Mock Smells

2009 2

  1. Extensions Methods In Java!
  2. That which is measured gets done.

2008 5

  1. Java Packing
  2. Approval Tests (a pictures worth a 1000 tests)
  3. Locking down legacy code.
  4. What the Inca’s taught me about Sustainable Pace.
  5. How to rip audio books