Every once in a while you into these strange annoying issues when working with React Native. For a lot of things it is really good and you really feel and are productive. But then these little annoyances just sneak up on you out of the blue. This issue with createBottomNavigator and the header was one … Continue reading Keep header with nested createBottomNavigator
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Photography October 2019
Hereby some photos from the last month or so. Ordered somewhat by date, but apart from that no real thought behind them, other than what I have found interesting enough to photograph during the last month. And as I cannot really decide where to share the pictures that I take, as I have developed an … Continue reading Photography October 2019
Common goal and incentive structures in large companies
In small companies, keeping a common goal is simple. There is probably only one product and hence product goal equals company goal. Messing up incentives is hard (but of course not impossible) as people should be rewarded for making that single product more successful. For increasing sales, improving the product or making it more stable. … Continue reading Common goal and incentive structures in large companies
Reinventing Dell – book notes
Reinventing Dell is short. I read it on a business trip to Belfast from Copenhagen sitting in a crammed airplane with my Kindle. The planes was delayed, but even without that annoyance, I would have finished it in 2-4 hours. Short is good as the points are pretty clearly communicated. Throughout the book the story … Continue reading Reinventing Dell – book notes
Software Events vs. Real Life Events
Ignoring the fact that the word “event” has a special meaning in software development I will proceed to use it in its broader definition as “something that happens”. Building software to solve a “business problem” can be daunting enough and leave all sorts of cracks in the relationship between IT and Business. But if those … Continue reading Software Events vs. Real Life Events
Chain of responsibility software pattern for response handling
As the name suggests Chain of responsibility design pattern creates/describes a chain of responsibility. This chain can be static/hardcoded or it can be dynamic and loaded or changed at run-time. It is in many ways a more object oriented cleaner way to implement if/else or switch statement. With the additional benefit of it being able … Continue reading Chain of responsibility software pattern for response handling
Three ways to solve a problem
In software development and perhaps more broadly, in creative endeavors in general, rarely does one solve a problem that has only one possible solution. Mostly there are “more ways than one to skin a cat”. There is the “wrong way” which causes more problems than it really solves. This is usually where the newcomer goes … Continue reading Three ways to solve a problem
Leading with empathy
Good leadership/management takes empathy and compassion for the people you lead. You can lead without it, it may even be today’s norm – but you cannot be a good leader or manager without it. If you lead without empathy or compassion you will end up seeing people as resources that can just be replaced and … Continue reading Leading with empathy
Photography January 2019
Some photos from the last month or so. Primarily from a little extended weekend to Ski Sunne in Sweden. But first of a little shot from a cold January morning. https://flic.kr/p/2eARby6 Then some shots from Ski Sunne: https://flic.kr/p/2evP6rh Frost on the lift to the top https://flic.kr/p/2dupgBw View almost from the top https://flic.kr/p/2eAqjFD Another one with … Continue reading Photography January 2019
The push for new and shiny solutions to old known problems
As a species we have always been attracted to novelty. This has probably served us well for things with short feedback loops as we quickly learnt whether the “new and shiny” thing actually helped us or harmed us. In software development the JavaScript community has been notorious for “new and shiny” frameworks. This has - … Continue reading The push for new and shiny solutions to old known problems