Software Engineering and articles

S.O.L.I.D.

An overview of the S.O.L.I.D. principles and inversion of control for designing software that is decoupled, extensible, reusable, and easier to maintain and test.

Starting a New Product - Smart TPL

How we are starting Smart TPL: agree on requirements, plan deliveries, choose Xamarin for productivity, and organize a first sprint around usable functionality.

Like a Novel...

The similarities between writing software and writing a novel: planning, small tasks, reviews, tests, research, and the commitment needed to finish and publish a project.

2006-2016: A Retrospective

A look back at ten years of professional change: demanding projects, technologies, entrepreneurship, leadership, writing, and personal lessons in the software industry.

How to Use Data Repositories

Centralizing data access reduces duplication, simplifies business logic, and makes testing, performance analysis, and future migrations easier.

The Habit of Documenting Procedures

Simple procedures for recurring tasks prevent repeated research, reduce mistakes, and free up time for work that adds more value.

Corporate Frameworks

Corporate frameworks bring consistency, reuse, and easier maintenance, but choosing them means balancing those benefits against uncertainty and future needs.

Solid Principles

A reflection on how organization, continuous improvement, quality across all project assets, and clear workflows support diverse, long-lived software projects.

Requirements? What Are Those?

Why specifying and agreeing on requirements before starting a project leads to better estimates, lower risks, and fewer delays, overruns, and unhappy clients.

Be Careful What You Read...

A reflection on information overload, deep reading, and the value of well-structured books for turning information into knowledge and continuing to learn.

Green Kiwi Games

The story of Green Kiwi Games as a minimum viable product: a personal project to validate an idea, learn the MEAN stack, and build iteratively.

Considerations on Information Security

Information security should be part of every software project: from design and configuration to deployment, using practices and reviews that reflect the risks involved.