Vladi Iancu

CTO · I write about engineering leadership, systems, and staying human

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Respect the Working Code

Why I stopped applying the craftsmanship filter on day one

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Done is better than perfect

It makes a big difference in a company - for better or worse

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On Technical Debt

And similarities with a baby pacifier

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Being an on-call engineer

Tough but necessary

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Front-end Tech Experiments at Omniconvert

Allocated half a day to experiment with new tech

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Being Agile takes many different shapes

There is definitely not one-size fits all situation here. And there are many perspectives that need alignment

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The link between TDD and innovators

How writing tests for your software can get you closer to being an innovator

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What management thinks a developer does

What management thinks a developer does:

  • drinks coffee ☕
  • writes code ✒️

What a developer actually does:

  • drinks coffee ☕ or tea 🍵
  • reads and understands previously written code ✅
  • communicates and plans new features ✅
  • challenges plans and provides estimates ⏲️
  • makes design decisions before starting to implement 🤔
  • writes tests 🧠
  • writes code ✒️
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What makes a developer stand out?

Realising what really matters when hiring or firing a developer

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Impressions on "Black Box Thinking"

A couple of thoughts after finishing this book

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