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Making your own choices
I’ve been talking to lots of developers of the last three years, especially within the .Net community. And one of the things that keeps shocking me is the fact that most of them (and I mean around...
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Rediscovering the joys of coding
Just a bit too early Ever got up at 7am on a Saturday to spend your day coding, really? Yeah, I did just that last weekend. I arrived a little after 8 am and there were already a lot of people there,...
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What does software craftsmanship mean to you?
You know what, just to set a good example I’ll answer the question first. How does that sound? To me there are several layers to this concept of software craftsmanship, bit like with ogres. There’s a...
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Global day of Coderetreat: the Belgian edition
On 3 December 2011 I was glad to kick off the Global Day of Code retreat. Before I start bothering you with details I just would like to thank Adrian Bolboaca for co-facilitating our Belgian...
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Taking baby steps
Adi and I have been thinking about doing a session around using source control during the coderetreat. It should be a session that really motivates you to commit fast and often. It should help you to...
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My first coderetreat abroad
Last Saturday January 7 Adi and I traveled to the beautiful city of Amsterdam. We were invited there to facilitate the first coderetreat of 2012. I was really looking forward to this and also a little...
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In-house coderetreat workshop
On Friday 13 January I facilitated my first in-house coderetreat workshop at a company in Antwerp. When I arrived there 10 minutes before the start, all seven developers were already sitting there....
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Dealing with legacy in ruby
Last Friday I got to spend another day with the dev team at Protime, running a coderetreat on dealing with legacy code this time. I don’t call it a legacycoderetreat here because it was really...
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Practicing legacy rescue techniques
A little over a week ago it was time for our first legacycoderetreat of 2012 here in Belgium. I was lucky enough to work with Adrian Bolboaca again on this retreat. He is a serious influence and...
View ArticleA late night after an inspiring day
I am listening to 7 habits of highly effective people in the car and it was so amazing to be able to discuss so many things about what I “read” in this book tonight at the SoCraTesBE open space event...
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