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Boost your team's collaborative problem-solving skills through hands-on games, exercises, and coaching cards. Learn to spot and address issues early, foster psychological safety, and empower everyone to speak up and contribute. Masterclass Collaborative Problem-solving
gotocph.com/2026/masterc...
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Collaborative Problem-solving – Establishing a Culture With Working Practices to Deal Effectively With Impediments
Masterclass with Ben Linders at GOTO Copenhagen 2026
https://gotocph.com/2026/masterclasses/569/collaborative-problem-solving-%E2%80%93-establishing-a-culture-with-working-practices-to-deal-effectively-with-impediments
19 days ago
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Announced: Workshop Collaborative Problem-solving at DevOpsCon Berlin - Ben Linders
www.benlinders.com/event/worksh...
Let’s make teams better at fixing what’s really broken—fast and together.
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Workshop Collaborative Problem-solving at DevOpsCon Berlin - Ben Linders
I'm giving a workshop on collaborative problem solving at the transformation day at DevOpsCon Berlin on June 15, 2026. Book your seat.
https://www.benlinders.com/event/workshop-collaborative-problem-solving-at-devopscon-berlin/
11 days ago
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Boost your team's collaborative problem-solving skills through hands-on games, exercises, and coaching cards. Learn to spot and address issues early, foster psychological safety, and empower everyone to speak up and contribute. Masterclass Collaborative Problem-solving
gotocph.com/2026/masterc...
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Collaborative Problem-solving – Establishing a Culture With Working Practices to Deal Effectively With Impediments
Masterclass with Ben Linders at GOTO Copenhagen 2026
https://gotocph.com/2026/masterclasses/569/collaborative-problem-solving-%E2%80%93-establishing-a-culture-with-working-practices-to-deal-effectively-with-impediments
19 days ago
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Announced: Workshop Collaborative Problem-solving at Goto CPH 2026
www.benlinders.com/event/worksh...
I’m returning to GOTO Copenhagen to give the workshop Collaborative Problem-solving – Establishing a Culture With Working Practices to Deal Effectively With Impediments on September 28-29, 2026.
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Workshop Collaborative Problem-solving at Goto CPH 2026 - Ben Linders
I'm returning to GOTO Copenhagen to give the workshop Collaborative Problem-solving – Establishing a Culture With Working Practices to Deal Effectively With Impediments on September 28-29, 2026.
https://www.benlinders.com/event/workshop-collaborative-problem-solving-at-goto-cph-2026/
about 2 months ago
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Artificial intelligence excels at refining language and processing large text volumes, but lacks human-like contextual reasoning and emotional intelligence. Experiences from Using AI as a Software Architect - InfoQ
www.infoq.com/news/2025/07...
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Experiences from Using AI as a Software Architect
Artificial intelligence excels at refining language and processing large text volumes, but lacks human-like contextual reasoning and emotional intelligence, Avraham Poupko said. Many human traits…
https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/07/using-AI-software-architect/
5 months ago
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I’m giving the workshop Fostering a Sustainable Collaborative Culture with Psychological Safety at DevOpsCon Munich Transformation Day, December 1. Book your seat.
www.benlinders.com/event/worksh...
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Workshop Fostering a Sustainable Collaborative Culture with Psychological Safety - Ben Linders
I'm giving the workshop Fostering a Sustainable Collaborative Culture with Psychological Safety at DevOpsCon Munich Transformation Day.
https://www.benlinders.com/event/workshop-fostering-sustainable-collaborative-culture-psychological-safety-devopscon-munich/
6 months ago
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Ben Linders
InfoQ
6 months ago
🙏 Special thanks to our panelists for sharing their insights:
@courtneynash.bsky.social
– Internet Incident Librarian & Research Analyst, The VOID Mandy Gu – Sr. Software Development Manager, Wealthsimple Hien Luu – Sr. Engineering Manager, Zoox Moderated by
@benlinders.bsky.social
, InfoQ Editor
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Announced: Workshop Fostering a Sustainable Collaborative Culture with Psychological Safety I’m giving the workshop Fostering a Sustainable Collaborative Culture with Psychological Safety at DevOpsCon Munich Transformation Day, December 1. Book your seat.
www.benlinders.com/event/worksh...
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Workshop Fostering a Sustainable Collaborative Culture with Psychological Safety - Ben Linders
I'm giving the workshop Fostering a Sustainable Collaborative Culture with Psychological Safety at DevOpsCon Munich Transformation Day.
https://www.benlinders.com/event/workshop-fostering-sustainable-collaborative-culture-psychological-safety-devopscon-munich/
7 months ago
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Richard Seidl - Future Optimist - People & Tech Enthusiast
8 months ago
Ben Linders’ wisdom: “Culture is how we do things around here.” It’s not just rules or ceremonies - it’s what people truly experience day to day. Great teams aren’t built by accident.
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Xin Yao
9 months ago
Recent interview by InfoQ (🙏
@benlinders.bsky.social
) about sociotechnical fitness.
www.infoq.com/news/2025/05...
. We talked about what it means to engage with sociotechnical complexity as a first-order challenge — not just treat it as a gnawing byproduct of scaling software or organizations.
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How a Sociotechnical Approach Can Help to Deal with Complexity
Today’s software professionals navigate a maze of technical, business, and social complexity. According to Xin Yao, thriving in this environment requires more than just technical and business expertis...
https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/05/sociotechnical-complexity/
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My Thursday
@infoq.com
news from
@qconferences.com
London about How to Develop Your Skills to Become a Principal Engineer
www.infoq.com/news/2025/06...
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LinkedIn
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9 months ago
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The Agile Retrospectives Toolkit - Best selling book and three games for $29.99!
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Contains Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives with Agile Manifesto Retrospectives Questions Cards, Agile Retrospectives Bingo, and Agile Retrospective Smells Cards.
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Agile Retrospectives Toolkit
Everything you need to spice up your Agile Retrospectives and keep them valuable! This bundle features the bestselling book Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives together with three Agile…
https://leanpub.com/b/agileretrospectivestoolkit/c/LeanpubMonthlySale2021Jun?utm_content=buffer6e789&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
10 months ago
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Knihy a hry Bena Linderse v češtině
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Abych mohl sdílet své znalosti a zkušenosti s lidmi po celém světě, moje knihy a hry jsou přeloženy do mnoha jazyků.
#agile
#coaching
#tools
#books
#games
#Czech
#Scrum
#DevOps
#Kanban
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Knihy a hry Bena Linderse v češtině - Ben Linders
This page describes all Czech editions of my games and books. Agilní sebehodnotící hra, Jak zvýšit přínos agilních retrospektiv.
https://buff.ly/42sQ7jm
10 months ago
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I deliver agile training and workshops, provide advice, play games and exercises, and do professional coaching and mentoring
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For Tech Startups, IT Companies, Software Development Professionals, and Agile Teams around the world.
#sustainable
#improvement
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Services by Ben Linders - Ben Linders
My strength is sustainable improvement: Helping people, teams, and organizations to get better at what they do and making change stick to get lasting value.
https://www.benlinders.com/services/?utm_content=buffer4de2b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
10 months ago
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Games and Coaching Cards by Ben Linders
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Including coaching cards and serious games for problem-solving and dealing effectively with impediments in teams. Download and start playing in your team!
#agile
#coaching
#impediments
#gamification
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Games and Coaching Cards by Ben Linders - Ben Linders
Download serious games and agile coaching cards by Ben Linders: self-assess agility, facilitate retrospectives, solve impediments, and coach.
https://www.benlinders.com/downloads/?utm_content=bufferf81ba&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
10 months ago
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Personal qualities cards help teams improve by playing games
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Personal Qualities cards are an Agile Coaching Tool for agile coaches, consultants, trainers, Scrum masters, leaders, and managers, and teams; anyone involved in organizational change
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Personal qualities cards help teams improve by playing games - Ben Linders
Personal Qualities Cards can be used to identify and discuss qualities or personality traits that people have.
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10 months ago
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If you bought my book The Agile Self-assessment Game on Amazon then buy the cards to play the games in my webshop.
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Cards on
#agile
#Scrum
#Kanban
#DevOps
#agility
#Testing
#psychologicalsafety
#culture
& more
#gamification
#facilitation
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Games and Coaching Cards by Ben Linders - Ben Linders
Download serious games and agile coaching cards by Ben Linders: self-assess agility, facilitate retrospectives, solve impediments, and coach.
https://buff.ly/4bgYjpH
10 months ago
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Ben Linders
InfoQ
10 months ago
👏 Kudos to our brilliant contributors: Shane Hastie Charity Majors -
@charity.wtf
Ben Linders -
@benlinders.bsky.social
Rafiq Gemmail Craig Smith
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Kick-off training for Agile Coaching Tools
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Learn how to coach teams using exercises and games with coaching cards. An online live personal workshop! Book it now!
#gamification
#teamworking
#coaching
#scrummaster
#retrospectives
#agile
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Kick-off training for Agile Coaching Tools - Ben Linders
To get started using my Agile Coaching Tools, I'm providing personal Kick-off Training: An online live one-hour workshop. Book it now!
https://buff.ly/3Wm9kBB
10 months ago
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Serious games, tools, and coaching cards, get them directly from my webshop!
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Agile Self-Assessment Game, Psychological Safety Cards, Culture Cards, Impediments Games and Cards, Books, and more.
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Games and Coaching Cards by Ben Linders - Ben Linders
Download serious games and agile coaching cards by Ben Linders: self-assess agility, facilitate retrospectives, solve impediments, and coach.
https://www.benlinders.com/downloads/?utm_content=buffer365ad&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
10 months ago
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People like to play games, it brings out their natural desires to socialize, self-express, and collaborate Play the Agile Self-assessment Game in your retrospective to guide your agile journey and increase agility
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#agile
#Self-assessment
#game
#quote
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Agile Self-assessment Game - Ben Linders
Playing the Agile Self-Assessment Game enables teams to reflect on their own team interworking and agree upon the next steps for their agile journey.
https://www.benlinders.com/game/?utm_content=bufferf89ac&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
10 months ago
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Seven great books on agile games
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The Agile Self-assessment Game, Actionable Gamification, lego4scrum: post-covid revision, A Coach's Guide to Facilitation, Collaboration Games, Agile Tools, Agile Practices: Agile Working 4.0, and The Coaching Booster
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agilegames
Seven great books on agile games: Many valuable exercises, tips on how to facilitate and play games, and ideas for working in and coaching agile teams. All in one buy for a largely reduced price! Books...
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10 months ago
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Games and Coaching Cards by Ben Linders
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Including coaching cards and serious games for problem-solving and dealing effectively with impediments in teams. Download and start playing in your team!
#agile
#coaching
#impediments
#gamification
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Games and Coaching Cards by Ben Linders - Ben Linders
Download serious games and agile coaching cards by Ben Linders: self-assess agility, facilitate retrospectives, solve impediments, and coach.
https://buff.ly/4giUOBD
10 months ago
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The Agile Self-assessment Game, available as paperback
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Download cards needed to play games:
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Cards packages for
#agile
#Scrum
#Kanban
#DevOps
#BusinessAgility
#Quality
#Testing
#PsychologicalSafety
#Culture
#book
#gamification
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Games and Coaching Cards by Ben Linders - Ben Linders
Download serious games and agile coaching cards by Ben Linders: self-assess agility, facilitate retrospectives, solve impediments, and coach.
https://buff.ly/4dJO9yQ
10 months ago
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Visualize, discuss, self-asses, and improve Psychological Safety
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Play with the cards to facilitate discussions about the values, behavior, opinions, and beliefs that underlie psychological safety
#agile
#coaching
#tool
#psychologicalsafety
#download
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Psychological Safety Cards - Ben Linders
Over 60 Psychological Safety Cards; profound set of cards covering psychological safety from individual, team, and organizational perspective
https://www.benlinders.com/shop/psychological-safety-cards/?utm_content=buffer0cd7e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
10 months ago
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Ben Linders
InfoQ
11 months ago
#AI
doesn't replace testing roles; it enhances them! Predicting defects, automating test maintenance & refining risk-based testing are just a few ways AI collaborates with humans to maintain quality in complex software systems. Dive deeper into this topic:
bit.ly/42e0iK5
#InfoQ
#SoftwareTesting
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Ben Linders
Thomas Much
11 months ago
#InfoQ
published my article about
#FitnessFunctions
🤩 As writing isn't my easiest task, I'm really happy to have finished the text. Thanks to
@benlinders.bsky.social
for guiding me through the process & providing valuable feedback! What started as an interview turned into a full article. Thanks 😊🙏
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Rob Bowley
almost 13 years ago
Nice to see the Agile Retrospectives Wiki gets a shout out on the Gov.UK Govt Service Design Manual
https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/agile/running-retrospectives.html
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Luigi Berrettini
almost 12 years ago
Getting Value out of
#Agile
#Retrospectives
by @lgoncalves1979 and @BenLinders Get your yourself a copy!
#RetroValue
leanpub.com/gettingvalueou…
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Dorota Parad
about 1 year ago
A while back I gave a talk on the tension between software security and developer productivity.
@benlinders.bsky.social
just published an awesome summary at
@infoq.com
:
www.infoq.com/news/2025/02...
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Ensuring Security without Harming Software Development Productivity
Security can be at odds with a fast and efficient development process. At QCon San Francisco Dorota Parad presented how to create a foundation for security without negatively impacting engineering pro...
https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/02/security-software-development/
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Ben Linders
InfoQ
about 1 year ago
In this
#InfoQ
panel discussion, industry experts explore how
#GenerativeAI
is: ✅ Boosting productivity ✅ Redefining the developer experience ✅ Shaping the future of software development Watch the full video now and gain valuable insights:
bit.ly/4hEyGTx
#transcript
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I'm giving both public and in-company workshops on Valuable Agile Retrospectives
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Learn new exercises for your agile retrospectives, find out how to create a safe environment, and improve your facilitation skills
#agile
#retrospectives
#workshop
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Workshop Valuable Agile Retrospectives
The workshop Valuable Agile Retrospectives provide the solution for a succesful agile adoption at all levels in the organization. Learn exercises, practice your skills!
https://buff.ly/3LpqmZt
about 1 year ago
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Need some help playing the Agile Self-assessment? A Kick-off Training given live by me personally to get you started with lots of facilitation tips and playing suggestions
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#agile
#game
#coaching
#training
#Scrum
#Kanban
#lean
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Kick-off Training for Agile Coaching Tools - Ben Linders
This kick-off training is an instructor-led workshop to work with one or more of the Agile Coaching Tools developed by Ben Linders.
https://buff.ly/4h5wB2g
about 1 year ago
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Visualize, discuss, self-asses, and improve Psychological Safety
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Play with the cards to facilitate discussions about the values, behavior, opinions, and beliefs that underlie psychological safety
#agile
#coaching
#tool
#psychologicalsafety
#download
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Psychological Safety Cards - Ben Linders
Over 60 Psychological Safety Cards; profound set of cards covering psychological safety from individual, team, and organizational perspective
https://buff.ly/404pZui
about 1 year ago
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Waardevolle Agile Retrospectives (Paperback)
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Het boek voor faciliteren van retrospectives: Oefeningen, “wat” en “waarom” van retrospectives, business value en voordelen die retrospectives brengen, en tips voor introduceren en verbeteren van retrospectives.
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Waardevolle Agile Retrospectives (Paperback) - Ben Linders
Met volop oefeningen voor je persoonlijke retrospectives gereedschapskist helpt Waardevolle Agile Retrospectives je om vaardiger te worden in het faciliteren van retrospectives en om er meer waarde ui...
https://buff.ly/45IiNqf
about 1 year ago
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Looking for a way to reflect, learn, and improve? Download agile games, tools, and coaching cards. For teams, Scrum Masters, Coaches, and Facilitators.
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#agile
#Scrum
#Kanban
#DevOps
#BusinessAgility
#Quality
#Testing
#Gamification
#Teams
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Games and Coaching Cards by Ben Linders - Ben Linders
Download serious games and agile coaching cards by Ben Linders: self-assess agility, facilitate retrospectives, solve impediments, and coach.
https://buff.ly/4gIX5H2
about 1 year ago
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I will return to OOP conference in Feb 2025 to give a tutorial on collaborative problem-solving. Book your ticket to OOP conference with a 15% discount with the voucher “OOP25_Linders” at
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about 1 year ago
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Ben Linders
InfoQ
about 1 year ago
QA professionals are increasingly turning to
#AI
to address the growing complexities of
#SoftwareTesting
. The result? ✅ Improved test coverage ⏱️ Shorter test cycles 🎯 More accurate results 🔗 Read more:
bit.ly/49D4LrC
#InfoQ
@benlinders.bsky.social
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What Developers Can Do to Continue to Program as They Age
www.infoq.com/news/2024/11...
Trouble seeing, pain, and stiffness are some of the things that can make it harder to program as you age, as
@gregcons.bsky.social
discovered. But they aren’t inevitable, and there are solutions...
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What Developers Can Do to Continue to Program as They Age
Trouble seeing, pain, and stiffness are some of the things that can make it harder to program as you age. But there are solutions like changing fonts, using glasses, and rearranging the office layout....
https://www.infoq.com/news/2024/11/continue-programm-software-aging/
about 1 year ago
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I published the slides from my DevOpsCon Munich talk: Gamify it until you make it - Improving Agile Development and Operations with Gamification
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Gamify it until you make it - Improving Agile Development and Operations with Gamification - DevOpsCon Munich 2024 - Ben Linders.pdf
Gamify it until you make it - Improving Agile Development and Operations with Gamification - DevOpsCon Munich 2024 - Ben Linders.pdf - Download as a PDF or view online for free
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/gamify-it-until-you-make-it-improving-agile-development-and-operations-with-gamification-devopscon-munich-2024-ben-linders-pdf/273833305
about 1 year ago
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Checking in at DevOpsCon Munich, doing a talk on Gamification and joining the Lean Coffee
about 1 year ago
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The slides of my DevOpsCon Singapore keynote "Gamify it until you make it: Improving Agile Development and Operations with Gamification" are now available:
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Gamify it until you make it: Improving Agile Development and Operations with Gamification - Keynote DevOpsCon Singapore 2024 - Ben Linders.pdf
Gamify it until you make it: Improving Agile Development and Operations with Gamification - Keynote DevOpsCon Singapore 2024 - Ben Linders.pdf - Download as a PDF or view online for free
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/gamify-it-until-you-make-it-improving-agile-development-and-operations-with-gamification-keynote-devopscon-singapore-2024-ben-linders-pdf/273657069
over 1 year ago
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Checking in for the 2nd day of DevOpsCon Singapore. We'll open with a panel on the future of AI in software development. I will also give the closing keynote on Gamification.
over 1 year ago
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This week I'm in Singapore for DevOpsCon: Panel about the future of Javascript and DevOps, keynote about gamification for adopting software development and management practices, and full-day workshop Fostering an Agile Culture for Effective Problem Solving.
www.benlinders.com/event/worksh...
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Workshop on Problem-solving and keynote on Gamification at DevOpsCon Singapore 2024 - Ben Linders
I'm returning to DevOpsCon Singapore to give the workshop Fostering an Agile Culture for Effective Problem Solving and a talk on Improving Agile Development and Operations With Gamification.
https://www.benlinders.com/event/workshop-problem-solving-talk-gamification-devopscon-singapore-2024/
over 1 year ago
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My Thursday
@infoq.bsky.social
news about How to Delight Your Developers with User-Centric Platforms and Practices
www.infoq.com/news/2024/11...
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How to Delight Your Developers with User-Centric Platforms and Practices
By focusing on the users, platform development teams can ensure that they build a platform that tackles the true needs of developers, Ana Petkovska said at QCon London. In her talk, Delight Your Devel...
https://www.infoq.com/news/2024/11/developers-platforms-practices/
over 1 year ago
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Ben Linders
Ian Robins
over 1 year ago
Great to hear from
@danielbryantuk.bsky.social
at
#QConSF
! Did you know that all
@infoq.bsky.social
content is crafted by software practitioners, not journalists? If you're passionate about software development, join our editorial community. Learn more:
www.infoq.com/write-for-in...
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Ben Linders
InfoQ
over 1 year ago
To learn more about how you can write for
#InfoQ
, take a look at
www.infoq.com/write-for-in..
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Dio Synodinos
over 1 year ago
Connect with the people behind
@infoq.bsky.social
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Ben Linders
over 1 year ago
🎶 It’s time to play the music. It’s time to light the lights. 🎶
#QConSF
is back! It’s gonna be a great week of software experts sharing their stories and knowledge.
@qconferences.bsky.social
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