PinnedMember-onlyHosk’s Top Ten ArticlesMy top 10 articles Software development is a losers game Great code doesn’t save you, but bad code will kill you #HoskWisdomthehosk.medium.com Software Development Is Misunderstood ; Quality Is Fastest Way to Get Code Into Production Shortcuts feel fast but slow you down in the long termitnext.io Why low code software development is eating the world Why is low code software development and business apps grow exploding?blog.devgenius.io2 min read2 min read
1 day agoIt will only get worse unless there's reason for it to get better:1The Software PilgrimI'm not sure how much GPT 4 will help.I'm not sure how much GPT 4 will help. The difficultly isn't in writing the code, the hard part is knowing what to write. How will anyone know exactly what is needed enough to explain it to ChatGPT 4. Creation of code is the quickest and easiest part. The harder part is to create a whole solution built of lots of different code blocks. Understanding it all, to work out how it works and then exactly what you want to change.1 min read1 min read
1 day agoMember-onlyHow Do Bad Developers Hide, Thrive And Survive?Software development wants cowboy developers — There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult. C. A. R. Hoare …Programming4 min readProgramming4 min read
Published in ITNEXT·6 days agoMember-onlyAgile Development is a Blunt Force Approach To Creating SoftwareWhen brute force replaces thinking and development skill — There are many projects which are Agile in name but chaos in reality Agile software development is a blunt force approach of keep creating the wrong software and slowly getting it right. Whilst writing developers are problems solvers first, coders second, but most other developers use an alternative approach. …Software Development5 min readSoftware Development5 min read
Published in JavaScript in Plain English·Mar 9Member-onlyDevelopers Are Professional Problem Solvers First, Coders SecondDevelopment is a game of thinking — “If I had an hour to solve a problem I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.” Albert Einstein The traditional image of a developer is a code monkey, locked away in a room (remotely now) writing code with their headphones on and fuelled…Programming4 min readProgramming4 min read
Published in ITNEXT·Mar 7Member-onlyThe Career Mistakes Developers MakeDevelopers either grow or stagnate — “If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.” — Seth Godin What holds back the careers of many developers is themselves. It’s not what developers do that holds, but what they don’t do. Like fruit, developers are ripening or rotting. …Programming4 min readProgramming4 min read
Feb 27Member-onlyIs Remote Working Bad For Developers?The hidden cost of remote working — Is remote working too good to be true? The benefits seem far greater than costs or are the disadvantages of remote working just harder to see. Are the negatives of remote working hard to see because they are not immediate? I spent the first 15 years of being a developer…Programming5 min readProgramming5 min read
Published in ITNEXT·Feb 22Member-onlyHow Neediness Hurts DevelopersControl Your Neediness or it controls you — You control your neediness, or it controls you. Developers' weakness comes from believing they have no power to negotiate and must do the work they are given, no matter how unreasonable. Developers feel they need to say yes to optimistic plans or decisions rather than disagree. The person whose partner…Programming5 min readProgramming5 min read
Published in CodeX·Feb 13Member-onlyWhen Fortune Abandons DevelopersYou need more than hope to create software — I sensed that fortune was abandoning me. I no longer had in the feeling of ultimate success, and if one is not prepared to take risks when the time is ripe, one ends up doing nothing. Napoleon Bonaparte Code is written by the development team, but software is created by…Software Development4 min readSoftware Development4 min read
Feb 12The point being made is software development is often focused on being busy, focusing on reporting…The point being made is software development is often focused on being busy, focusing on reporting and the giving the illusion of progress. Being busy can be counter productive, if you are busy doing the wrong thing or things that don’t help developers create software. A lot of focus on software development is on reporting, story points and other activities that distract from creating software not help.1 min read1 min read
