Author Archives: Hayim Makabee

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About Hayim Makabee

Veteran software developer, enthusiastic programmer, author of a book on Object-Oriented Programming, co-founder and CEO at KashKlik, an innovative Influencer Marketing platform.

Data Science vs. Software Engineering

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Hayim Makabee

The work of a Software Engineer is to analyze a problem, think about a good solution, design it, implement it and then test it. Software Engineers do problem-solving. The work of the Software Engineer ends when he finishes implementing the … Continue reading →

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Priorities and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Hayim Makabee

Recently, when I was thinking about the priorities of a project I’m working on, I used as a source of inspiration the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. This hierarchy is usually depicted as a pyramid, as you can see in the image … Continue reading →

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KashKlik Pitch at TheHive Demo Day

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Hayim Makabee

Last week KashKlik presented at the Demo Day, the event that concludes TheHive accelerator by Gvahim. There were more than a hundred people in the audience, including a panel of investors that judged the startups that participated at TheHive together … Continue reading →

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Everything is an experiment: on decisions and retrospectives

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Hayim Makabee

In decision-making, we try as much as we can to impact future results based on our previous experience. But every decision is also based on the assumption that its positive consequences will be greater than any possible negative outcome. Therefore, … Continue reading →

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To Increase Productivity, Avoid Multitasking

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Hayim Makabee

Most people look for ways to increase their productivity. Many of them believe that they will be more productive by handling several tasks simultaneously, what is known as “multitasking”. But this is actually a trap! By trying to perform many … Continue reading →

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Digital Nomads: The Upside of Being Always Connected and Working from Anywhere

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Hayim Makabee

Today lots of people complain about being always connected to work. A recent study shows that: 45 percent of workers feel obligated to respond to emails after hours. 42 percent of employees feel obligated to check in with work while … Continue reading →

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Temporary Solutions: Technical Debt in Pictures

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Hayim Makabee

Software developers are constantly told that they should avoid Technical Debt. But very frequently it is difficult to resist the temptation. Why not implement a good-enough temporary solution that satisfies all the functional requirements? The main problem is that very … Continue reading →

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Sharing Some Bits of Wisdom

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Hayim Makabee

Sometimes I find some amazing content on the Web which I want to share with all the readers of my blog. The picture below was created by Anna Vital, and I think it presents in a very concise form some … Continue reading →

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Hilarious: the Disasters Caused by Emergent Design in Practice

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Hayim Makabee

Several people in the Agile community believe in Emergent Design. But I think that it has caused many disasters in software development projects. See below some hilarious pictures of Emergent Design in practice, with fictional conversations illustrating the kind of … Continue reading →

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On Success and Failures

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Hayim Makabee

When you see a successful person, it is very easy to say that this person was “lucky”. But real success always comes after multiple failures. And the only real failure is to stop trying before you reach success. We must … Continue reading →

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