Sten articles - 24 total
How to build a Pragmalith
This is a long overdue post, and I'm going to expedite it because otherwise I'll never post it. There...
How we replaced (part of) Intercom with 100* lines of code
Edit: less clickbaity title (*ok, it was 105 lines) We started to use Intercom the classic way: we...
Automating focus using Continuous Delivery principles
Being a small team means that we have to wear many hats. One hour I'm looking a...
The 4 stages of goal-tracking (aka don't jump into OKRs)
This is the second post in our series about pragmatic goal-tracking. While this...
Be like a remote team: empower your team to scale productivity
This article is part of a series about pragmatic goal-tracking that we're publi...
A simple goal framework to collaborate remotely
Last week I stumbled upon the following question on IndieHackers: "Is it possib...
Squadlytics is on ProductHunt! Applying CI/CD principles to organizations
We're building a continuous feedback platform to bring the benefits of CI/CD to the way we work.
How we measure simplicity to make sure users can do more with less
Simplicity is something we talk a lot, but how do you measure it?
What are best practices for persisting positions when using drag & drop?
What are best practices for persisting positions when using drag & drop?
A simple tool to promote trust in your company culture
A week ago I wrote about being less focused on hours in the office. Here's how we're helping switch to a trust-based culture at Squadlytics.
Focus on outcomes, not hours spent in the office
There are many blessings in being a remote team, but one that I like particularly is that you can't check over your shoulder to see who's in the office.
Get your end-to-end pipeline ready before coding any features
When you get a great idea, the next thing is to start building your MVP. But you should ship a "Hello World" to production instead of coding features.
Build stories, not features
No one gets excited at the idea of having another set of credentials to manage. Being safe is the story, and having a password is the feature.
How do you style components with React Native?
Styled components are great for React, but do they work with RN?
Local development with HTTPS on OSX
One thing that has always been a PITA for me is using HTTPS for local development
We need to talk about experience debt
Technical debt is something that is highly visible to the team, but we often have a hard time understanding the tradeoffs we make on the user experience.
What makes your team productive at work?
Share your feedback about developer productivity.
What's development like with a Surface laptop? Worth switching from OSX?
I feel like my beloved Macbook Pro purchased in 2015 will give up sooner or later and I'm starting to...
3 questions to keep in mind when building software
At its essence, a program is a set of binary decisions, true or false. But in reality, building information systems is rarely about being right or wrong.
3 simple productivity metrics for every software team
We rely on tracking sales at the end of the funnel while hoping that productivity stays the same. And it's only after customers have started to leave us that we look back at the way we work, to understand what went wrong.
The economy of continuous delivery
How to convince your organization to invest in your release cycle.
What would you expect from a productivity bot (for product/app development)?
Hello! I'm bootstrapping Squadlytics, a platform to help measure and improve product development (kin...
A quick death by slow releases
The pace of your dev cycle is the pulse of your team. A slow release heartbeat will be painful for your project regardless of the causes.
Managing technical debt: live for the refactor, dedicate streams
Technical debt is an inherent part of software development. You can't prevent it from happening but there are ways to make it easier to handle.