Matt Blodgett

Spike is fun to say.  Spike! For the unfamiliar, the spike is a concept from Agile methodologies that means a time-boxed backlog item wher...

I wrote in 2017 a post called Don't Trap Your Clients in the Bikeshed . That post was about avoiding the trap of seeking feedback on tri...

Users build up expectations about how applications should work based on the applications they're already familiar with. If you're in...

I’m constantly shocked that business people don’t make much of an effort to communicate to engineers the impact of their work. It’s par for ...

Every company needs people who can work quickly. Stuff happens. Production goes down. We found a showstopper bug right before a big release....

One of the difficulties with managing a software project is simply getting people to be honest about the progress they're making and the...

It's pretty common for engineering managers to have regularly scheduled 1-on-1 meetings with their engineers. Topics often include thing...