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Every software team will eventually face a heart-stopping mistake, whether it is a developer accidentally deleting live data during a migration or a junior ops engineer unplugging a production server to use a vacuum cleaner... 😬

Nice analysis by @kevlin.bsky.social about being a human using ai coding tools. His focus on the engineering and general principles rather the day-to-day tactics. youtu.be/vpYJMr1pJRY?...

If you had to deploy a single line of code to production right now, how much of that process is automated and how much relies on 'hoping' nothing breaks?

Why "bad things" happening is actually the best chance for a development team to learn. This is the story of how a costly mistake taught me a BIG lesson about team culture in software engineering. 📽️ Available on @modernswe.bsky.social ➡️ youtu.be/Q0gxen_uXlw

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AI is the ultimate amplifier. If your org has Taylorists as senior leaders, you're in for a tough ride and I emphasise

Is AI actually dragging our industry 20 years backwards? We are currently in a Gen AI hype bubble, and it is bringing out the absolute worst impulses in engineering management. 🧵 1/7

Thanks for your support over the last 6 years 🥳

Rethinking The Software Lifecycle | How To Look After Software For The Long Term | @stevesmithtech.bsky.social 📽️ AVAILABLE NOW Watch HERE ➡️ youtu.be/CBcdERAv5P8

AI is helping us generate code faster than ever, but how do you ensure you aren't just deploying bugs at record speed? That is exactly why Continuous Delivery remains the state of the art for software development, providing the essential safety net your team needs. 🧵 1/6

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People approach a legacy rewrite like they’re trying to swap an aeroplane engine mid-flight while standing on the wing. It’s madness. Why aren’t we talking more about diverting the flow at the aggregator level to prove the new path works before we touch a single line of the old mess?

What Does Continuous Delivery Look Like WITHOUT Automation? | @kevlin.bsky.social & @davefarley77.bsky.social 📽️ AVAILABLE NOW Watch HERE ➡️ youtu.be/u2U1kWHuO7I

What Does Continuous Delivery Look Like WITHOUT Automation? | @kevlin.bsky.social & @davefarley77.bsky.social 📽️ AVAILABLE NOW Watch HERE ➡️ youtu.be/u2U1kWHuO7I

Testing myths that developers believe - my new video and article are out now! video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w-D... article: coding-is-like-cooking.info/2026/03/seve...

7 Testing Myths Every Developer Should STOP Believing | @emilybache.com 📽️ AVAILABLE NOW Watch HERE ➡️ youtu.be/7w-DcXbdNg4

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I once consulted for a company that had a special "emergency release" process that bypassed all automated testing so they could deploy in under an hour. This is INSANE. 👇

What is the most 'creative' piece of technical debt you’ve ever encountered?

The Truth About Developer Productivity in the AI Age (IT'S A TRAP) | @stevesmithtech.bsky.social 📽️ AVAILABLE NOW Watch HERE ➡️ youtu.be/kDBeFOscZpc

Why do we so often treat refactoring as a "nice to have" rather than a core engineering discipline? We've all been in situations where we dread opening a specific file because the design is poor, obtuse, and overly complex. But the value of refactoring... 🧵 1/7

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What's the EXACT Technical Gap That Separates AI SUCCESS From AI FAILURE? | @stevesmithtech.bsky.social & @davefarley77.bsky.social 📽️ Available NOW Watch HERE ➡️ youtu.be/ekRMQ5qUMlo

If you care about continuous delivery and evolutionary software architecture, you should care deeply about deterministic system design. Determinism is the prerequisite for trust in software engineering. Find out my thoughts in my latest video for @modernswe.bsky.social ➡️ youtu.be/uHatwKrYY_c

The Simplest Way to Make Your Architecture Testable and Reproducible (Works Every Time) | @davefarley77.bsky.social 📽️ AVAILABLE NOW Watch HERE ➡️ youtu.be/uHatwKrYY_c

Does your development process attract innovators, or drive them away? We know that Continuous Delivery is the approach used by some of the most successful companies in the world. But why do they care so much about how their software is released? 1/8

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Gain a clearer understanding of modern software architecture and design. Spend an hour with industry expert @davefarley77.bsky.social in this Free Tutorial as he explains the essential tools of software engineering and how to apply them in practice. 👇

Welcome to the Engineering Room Dan Abel! 📣 The nuances of engineering leadership and the evolution of high-performing teams. 🗣️ LISTEN NOW Apple - apple.co/43s2e0h Spotify - spoti.fi/3VqZVIV Amazon - amzn.to/43nkkRl Audible - bit.ly/TERaudible

If you’re not treating software development as an scientific discipline, with experiments, feedback loops, and measurable outcomes, then you’re not a software engineer…

It’s Time We Go Beyond The Test Pyramid (& Do This Instead) | @emilybache.com 📽️ AVAILABLE NOW Watch HERE ➡️ youtu.be/IBvYFRSw4do

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Should software developers care about software architecture? If your answer is "no," we are back in the bad old days of the "Ivory Tower Architect" handing down rigid edicts to developers who are told exactly what to do. 1/9

❓ Approval Tests vs Acceptance Tests: What's the Difference? ❓ One Big Question with @kentbeck.com & @emilybache.com | AVAILABLE NOW 📽️ Watch HERE ➡️ youtu.be/n5vzuQAToZE

Modern software leadership is about moving from a culture of permission to a culture of evidence. If leaders are still making technical decisions based on their 'gut' rather than creating the feedback loops that allow the team to experiment, they’re becoming the bottleneck.

AI programming is changing everything, but are you catching the mistakes? When AI assistants generate 10X more code than you normally would, the feedback loop breaks. This week's video is on how to make the most of of these ai tools ➡️ youtu.be/XavrebMKH2A

How to Make the Best of AI Programming Assistants | @davefarley77.bsky.social 📽️ AVAILABLE NOW Watch HERE ➡️ youtu.be/XavrebMKH2A

With all the discussion lately about 'cognitive debt' and 'comprehension debt' in AI coding - I made a video a while back explaining why this is an issue youtu.be/cbR7bifTPew?...

Who is the "worst" programmer you have ever worked with? If you look back far enough, the honest answer is usually "Me." We often think "bad programming" is just about syntax errors or slow typing, but the real career-killers are habits that prevent us from learning.

For anyone interested in a talk or workshop for their company (online or in person), I have a couple of days here and there from the end of March into April, plus some availability in June.

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Are you actually doing OKRs, or just "Management by Objectives" with a trendy sticker? Companies everywhere are adopting OKRs (Objectives and Key Results), yet they seem to be using them to reward mediocrity rather than drive innovation. 1/8

If your best engineers spend their time fighting the system instead of improving it, the system is the problem...

Skills Developers NEED In 2026 (Because Vibe Coding Changes Everything) | @realgenekim.bsky.social A clip from our Engineering Room episode. Watch HERE on @modernswe.bsky.social ➡️ youtu.be/06kr0DiDAlU

Polarization is often an 'Experience Gap'. We dismiss practices because we haven't done them enough to understand the problems they solve.

The OKR TRAP Most Companies Fall Into | @tastapod.com 📽️ AVAILABLE NOW Watch HERE ➡️ youtu.be/z_R4oJk0eH8

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What’s the biggest thing stopping you from adopting Trunk Based Development? 👇