Setting the altitude, the speed and the direction for the autopilot is done more often than saying “Welcome Sir / Madam” in an airliner. Good that this action is easy to achive by 3 different hardware controls. But whats with us non-real-pilot guys in our flight simulators? Or better said, how can I do this in X-Plane 11, which I…
Author: René Reichenbach
Why I love C++
Hello and welcome today. I find it always interesting to see that many issues are already solved in modern C++.
Long vs. Short term IT strategies
Hello and welcome. Today I want to introduce you to the topic of Long vs. Short term IT strategies and what is the one you should pick and apply in your current situation. So before we can go into this I need to define what I mean with Short vs. Long term IT strategies. You might think that…
How to handle software project pressure – Part 3
How to handle software project pressure was already described in Part 1 and Part 2 regarding free time and project management possibilities. Now you can read my approach when it comes to software development and I also want to close that series on project pressure for now with that. I want to kick this of with this short video worth watching So if…
How to handle software project pressure – Part 2
Part 1 was pointing out what outside factors are in your control and make your life easier if you are working in high pressure project. This part 2 will point out some ways for PM’s (project managers) I find elegant. I see basically 5 areas under the control of a manager that are having the biggest impact on the stress level in a software project…
How to handle software project pressure – Part 1
Learn how to imrove stress resistance and recover from stressful situations faster. This first part is showing what to do if you are not at work.
Habits of Professionals
If I had to tell only one thing that makes people evolving from amateurs to the next level I would say it is all about the habits of professionals. This is because I see this over and over again in people that I highly respect and see them as professionals. They all have certain behaviors leading to…
Save all mutants – and rule your code!
Save all mutants. I repeat: Save all mutants. Because mutant testing is a topic I was thinking of recently. Josemi (@Twitter), a good friend of mine and a awesome software and computer expert was sending me a article…
Stop writing more code
After 10 years of software development I stop writing more code and focusing on writing less. When I work on ongoing projects the number of code lines is getting smaller first before…
How to ask good questions
What is a good question and how to ask good questions? This a good question, right? I have thought about why I as software expert find oftentimes answers others are not finding. In this article I would like to share what I think is the reason why I am able to figure out a lot of helpful things. Almost all people that are smart are also having…