My duck docs continue to evolve as my process changes. Here are changes I’ve noticed lately.

This is my attempt at short actionable checklists to guide key moments in software process.

I read that stuckness is not a bad thing. It is avoiding our stuckness that is the problem. I think living with stuckness is part of why duck docs are so good.

I’ve started some reading lists to help people connect to good software literature.

A friend asked me to summarize what I believe about software in five points or less. I previously described those points. Here is where each of those beliefs originates from.

A friend asked me to summarize what I believe about software in five points or less. These are those five points.

I read a lot. I’ve noticed that some of the most effective books I read share a clear focus. Every point is quickly and explicitly tied back to a concise core message. What core message would I reiterate if I wrote a book on software?

Software development is notoriously short on research-based practices. Google’s DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) project is helping fill that gap.

Mental models are foundational. They decide how we interpret information and reason about a topic. Yet mental models for writing software are immature and little discussed. Code That Fits in Your Head puts mental models front and center.

Code That Fits in Your Head collects the myriad of somthing-driven practices into a category of drivers. Drivers create a toolkit for highlighting motivations and responding to them with code.