As an old Java developer, one of the tools that made the biggest difference to me in terms of my day-to-day productivity was something called JRebel. Introduced in 2007, JRebel was an IDE plugin that ...

Typically, a Developer Experience (DevEx) practice starts with an individual developer building a tool they find useful in their day-to-day work, and then sharing it with colleagues. As the number of ...

An interesting aspect of a good Developer Experience (DevEx) is that as more and more features are added to a given language, platform, or tool, it becomes harder and harder to maintain. The ubiquity ...

Charles Humble talks to Sarah Wells, Former Tech Director for Engineering Enablement at the Financial Times. They discuss the role of the tech director, explore what Developer Enablement (AKSA as Deve...

There are many definitions of Enterprise Architecture (EA), but perhaps the simplest one is in the book “The Software Architect Elevator” by Gregor Hohpe, which describes enterprise architecture as “t...

“An evolutionary architecture supports guided, incremental change across multiple dimension s”. From the book Building Evolutionary Architectures There was a point in time where architectural changes ...

There’s been a cultural revolution in tech departments over the last decade or so, that has allowed engineers and developers to deliver innovation at pace. The question is, how can we ensure the rest ...

Charles Humble talks to Zulily CTO and SVP of Technology Courtney Kissler about experience in driving technological transformations at Nike, Nordstrom, Starbucks and Zulily. They discuss Courtney’s jo...

Having the privilege of working in software in the 2020s, I hear variations on the following ideas expressed frequently: