Fred Heath

Fred Heath @redfred7

About: Fred is a software jack of all trades, having worked over the last 24 years at every stage of the SDLC and has authored [two books](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fred-Heath/e/B08F3Q1H1M).

Location:
UK
Joined:
Jul 15, 2017

Fred Heath
articles - 15 total

Agile Myths Exploded

The covid pandemic and enforced remote working is making us re-evaluate some agile practices

Learn More 10 3Sep 18 '20

Managing Software Requirements the Agile Way

My book is out. Here, I explain its motivation and background.

Learn More 4 0Aug 19 '20

Career advice for junior developers

I had a nice chat this morning with our new intern, who's due to start working with us this summer....

Learn More 74 5Apr 14 '20

Smart, nice and gets things done. What to look for when hiring devs!

How to hire and work with the best people

Learn More 8 2Oct 8 '19

So, do you know how to build a software system for your client? (part 3 - modelling Requirements with Impact Maps)

Modelling Requirements with Impact Maps

Learn More 16 0Sep 23 '19

So, do you know how to build a software system for your client? (part 2 - the Requirements Domain)

Managing Requirements and creating Specifications

Learn More 30 0Jul 11 '19

So, do you know how to build a software system for your client? (part 1)

Managing Requirements and creating Specifications

Learn More 64 2Jun 23 '19

Enough with the User Stories already!

A Requirements and Specifications Domain Model for agile

Learn More 233 44Apr 2 '19

Parallelising ETL workflows with the Jongleur gem

Jongleur can be used to create parallel ETL pipelines, speeding up the handling of large data

Learn More 5 1Jan 14 '19

The Three Ghosts of FizzBuzz: A Christmas Story

a Christmas-y journey to three different programming paradigms

Learn More 12 2Dec 21 '18

Truth tables as Ruby Hashes

Truth tables and Hashes can be a powerful combination

Learn More 37 4Dec 17 '18

Python Slices vs Ruby blocks

The power and flexibility of Ruby blocks

Learn More 11 4Sep 11 '18

The top 5 programming books of all time

The best programming books of all time

Learn More 16 1Aug 16 '18

Developer recruitment: how to read job adverts

A translation of frequently used phrases used in developer recruitment

Learn More 111 23May 22 '18

The Proxy pattern revisited.

Creating proxies by using prepending and some meta-programming.

Learn More 26 3Feb 25 '18