Swizec's tea articles

Swizec's articles in the "tea" category

I aim to write mindblowing emails with real insight into the career and skills of a modern software engineer. "Raw and honest from the heart!" as one reader described them.

Below are 20 articles filed under tea. Enjoy ❤️

Squash merge? Really!?

Learn why squash merging is your friend - from hating it to loving it! Squash merging helps you keep moving and focus on the work instead of recording the work.
January 27th, 2023

Why trunk-based development is best

Merging finished work straight to main and deploying to production right away, scales to teams of thousands. This approach is counterintuitive to many engineers who may be used to working on their own
January 24th, 2023

Scaling teams is a technical challenge

A founder friend asked me about growing pains on his team. How do you avoid stepping on each other's toes?
November 29th, 2022

The art of the cowboy merge 🤠

how do you catch a critical deadline that cannot be missed? We're talking external stakeholders, millions on the line, and it all hinges on *your* team getting it done on time. No overtime
September 8th, 2022

Reader Question: What do collaborative teams look like?

New members on our team invariably say 2 things: 1. Wow I've never seen a team move this fast 2. This approach feels weird. I'm uncomfortable Teams like this are not common.
August 27th, 2022

Reader question: So about that perfect burndown chart ...

If your approach works so well, why isn't every team doing this?
August 6th, 2022

How we made the best burndown chart you've ever seen

My entire career I've never seen a sprint finished on time. The new manager said "Oh I think we can fix that" ... 18 months later he proved me wrong
April 12th, 2022