Matt Lewandowski articles - 47 total
Ship Retrospective Action Items Directly to GitHub Projects
We just shipped something that fixes one of the most frustrating parts of agile retrospectives....
Your Friday Retro Just Got a GIF Upgrade 🚀
Remember that retrospective where someone typed "Good job on the deployment" and everyone just... sat...
Generate User Personas in Seconds with AI 🤖👨🔧
Have you ever started a new feature only to realise halfway through that no one on the team can agree...
Export Retrospectives to Confluence with Kollabe 📝
Retrospectives generate valuable team insights, but those insights often get stuck in the tool where...
Planning Poker Integration for Azure DevOps 🃏
Planning poker sessions just got a major upgrade! If you're tired of manually copying story points...
Top Free Retrospective Tools for Agile Teams 💡
Why Retrospectives Matter in Modern Agile 🤔 Retrospectives serve as critical waypoints for...
Sick of Boring Retrospectives? Here's a Massive Library (and AI Tool) to Help!
If your team's retrospectives have started to feel a bit repetitive ("What went well?" "What didn’t?"...
Improving Team Retrospectives with Kollabe's Template Generator ✨
Why Retrospectives Matter After working with agile teams for several years, I've come to...
Stop Chasing New JavaScript Frameworks: Build with Fundamentals Instead 🏗️
If you've been a web developer for more than five minutes, you've seen this pattern: every few...
Set Is Just Built Different 😤💪
The title says it all 😤. Let's talk about JavaScript's most slept-on data structure: Set. Everyone's...
Guaranteed Structured Outputs (JSON) with OpenAI ✨
Ever wished you could simply type a prompt and have an AI whip up an engaging poll for your team?...
Object.freeze() Goes Hard 🥶❄️
The title says it all. Let's talk about one of JavaScript's most underrated features:...
Handling Race Conditions in Real-Time Apps 🏃💨
Hey, I'm Matt — creator of Kollabe, a digital whiteboard tool used by teams for retrospectives and...
Top 5 Free Retrospective Tools for 2025
If you're running agile retrospectives, you know how crucial it is to have the right tool. As we move...
Anonymous Feedback in Retros: When, Why, and How
Building a culture of open feedback isn't easy. Here's why anonymous options are crucial for your...
Using Kudos in Sprint Retrospectives: Building a Culture of Recognition 🎉
Sprint retrospectives are crucial for continuous improvement, but they often focus heavily on what...
Building Interactive Emoji Animations in React ⚛️🎯
Ever wondered how to make your planning poker sessions more interactive? Let's dive into implementing...
Make Planning Poker Fun 🎯
Ever sat through a planning poker session that felt more like watching paint dry? We've all been...
AI Powered Sprint Retrospective Ice Breaker Questions
Are you tired of awkward silences at the start of your sprint retrospectives? It's time to transform...
Creating a Word Cloud in React ⚛️🔡
Have you ever wanted to visualize the most frequent words in a text dataset? Word clouds are an...
15 Advanced TypeScript Tips and Tricks You Might Not Know 🤔💡
TypeScript has become essential for many developers, offering type safety and an enhanced developer...
Template Literals in TypeScript 📚✍️
Template literals have changed string manipulation in JavaScript and TypeScript, offering a more...
How often do you run your agile retrospectives?
Wondering how often to run Agile retrospectives? Regular retrospectives at the end of each sprint are...
Persistence Pays Off: React Components with Local Storage Sync 🔄🦸🏻♂️
Have you ever spent minutes creating the perfect response only to lose it all with a misclick or...
Add Art to your Agile Retrospectives 🧑🎨🎨
Hey there 👋 Are your retrospectives starting to feel a bit stale? Well, it's time to grab your...
7 Use Cases for Javascript Proxies 🧙
JavaScript's Proxy object is a useful tool that opens up a world of possibilities, allowing you to...
Writing Self-Documenting Code 🧑💻📜
As developers, we've all wasted hours, staring at a piece of code, trying to decipher its purpose,...
Who Should Attend Your Agile Retrospective Meetings? 🤔
Agile retrospectives are only as powerful as the people in the room. But too often, we treat...
Inject Some Energy into Your Agile Retrospectives ⚡️🚀
Is your team stuck in a retrospective rut? It happens to the best of us. Keeping retrospective...
Get more comfortable with IntersectionObserver 🚦👀
As a web developer, you've likely encountered situations where you needed to detect when an element...