Damnjan Jovanovic

Damnjan Jovanovic @damnjan

About: I had a startup and it failed ... I still believe it is one of the coolest things I've ever done

Location:
Berlin, DE
Joined:
Oct 28, 2018

Damnjan Jovanovic
articles - 18 total

What’s your excuse for bad code?

Often I hear developers trying to find an excuse for their bad code. Most of the time it end up as:...

Learn More 36 12May 28 '19

How to glue a new scrum team faster

If you have a new and fresh team, you might struggle to glue people together and make them a predictable scrum team

Learn More 51 3May 26 '19

Dead code - alive problem

How to deal with commented code

Learn More 51 6Apr 26 '19

Software CSI, a job of the future

This is definitely job position of the future, maybe it won't be called CSI SE, but it will be described like in this post.

Learn More 71 12Dec 31 '18

When PHP Framework Sucks Series: How not to shape your app in the shape of the framework

I believe, and I already proved it, that separation from framework brings long-term financial benefit to the company.

Learn More 64 18Dec 26 '18

When PHP Framework Sucks Series: Magic inside frameworks

A framework magic can be evil and work against you

Learn More 31 7Dec 24 '18

When PHP Framework Sucks Series: Framework topic on a job interview

A framework is a tool, not a skill

Learn More 59 30Dec 20 '18

When PHP Framework Sucks Series: Business logic free Controllers

Rule number one - Do not put business logic in controllers at any cost

Learn More 24 8Dec 18 '18

When PHP Framework Sucks Series: PHP Frameworks overview

I recently had the opportunity to give a talk on a conference an meetup about why PHP framework sometimes sucks.

Learn More 25 5Dec 17 '18

Stop using "It blocking me" excuse

Nothing block you to make progress, even if you are 100% sure that you don't have any impact, there are still things you can do

Learn More 77 9Dec 13 '18

The 2018 year of ladies come back in tech

There are zero obstacles for a female to do computer programming but yet we still struggle with Female/Male ratio in IT companies.

Learn More 24 29Dec 9 '18

How to survive your own startup crash

My learnings based on my own startup failure. How to understand your mistakes, learn, stand up and try again.

Learn More 38 6Dec 4 '18

Answer to the Iterator question

I got a question on my previous blog post about iterators, here is the answer.

Learn More 13 3Dec 4 '18

Why people say "It is easy for you, you’re a developer"

The typical cliche about being software developer is that “Being DEV is easy”

Learn More 85 15Dec 3 '18

Iterator in PHP (A practical guide)

Collections are an awesome way to organize your previously no-named array

Learn More 57 4Dec 2 '18

Test like an architect

Let's step into shoes of architects and try to make our software stable and reliable, the same way they build constructions

Learn More 91 17Nov 30 '18

Programming gives an equal chance to everybody

Programming brings more equality to the world than you can imagine

Learn More 15 4Nov 12 '18

Failing IT education

Colleges do not create awesome engineers, and here is why

Learn More 79 28Nov 9 '18