50 Shades of Agile: Scrum vs Kanban vs Scrumban

Scrum or Kanban - that is the question! Let's compare them, using a real-world case-studies and maybe we can come with even more suitable mix-and-match framework.

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AI-Scrum: Can Proven Agile Principles Work for Agent Teams?

Vibe coding gets you a prototype. It doesn't get you a production system. The missing piece isn't a better prompt - it's a structure. AI-Scrum is an experiment in running autonomous agent teams the way good engineering teams have always worked: defined roles, sprint cadence, QA loops and retrospectives that actually feed the next cycle. I ran it on a Node.js home finance project. Some of it worked surprisingly well. Some of it burned tokens on Playwright setup for what felt like forever. This post covers both.

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Breaking the Monolith: Lessons from a Gift Cards Platform Migration

What happens when your legacy gift card platform meets a modern microservices overhaul? Expect chaos, tight deadlines, and a balancing act between stability and innovation. This post dives into the hard-earned lessons of leading two teams through a gradual, messy, and ultimately rewarding transformation—without stopping the business or breaking everything along the way.

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Team in distress: how to deliver in daring times

It might sound like a rare problem in far-away countries, but COVID-19 lockdowns or extreme weather conditions in the US prove it's a worldwide issue: shit happens, and we need to function and deliver during very daring times. I have some anecdotal experiences from Israel during the last 4 years (as of 2024) when management routines and procedures you so carefully built fall apart due to global/regional scale long-lasting force-majeure events.

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Electricity pricing plan calculator

Nice util to calculate the best electricity pricing package

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