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.

Copy-and-Paste Programming

Posted on May 22, 2016 by Hayim Makabee

I’m recently seeing lots of funny O’Reilly book covers being created by inspired programmers, but below is my favorite one. I like it because it depicts a big change in software development since the beginning of my career. In the … Continue reading →

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Agile and Wrong: The Problems with Emergent Design in Pictures

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Hayim Makabee

Many idealistic Agile practitioners propose the idea of Emergent Design: “With emergent design, a development organization starts delivering functionality and lets the design emerge. Development will take a piece of functionality A and implement it using best practices and proper … Continue reading →

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Employability and the Three Stages of a Successful Career Path

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Hayim Makabee

I have many young friends who ask for my personal advice on long-term career strategies. Of course it seems that today almost everyone dreams about becoming an entrepreneur and having his own start-up company. But as a Plan B, if … Continue reading →

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Please Stop the Work-Life Balance Bullshit

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Hayim Makabee

A friend of mine was really unhappy, so he decided to have a conversation with a personal coach. He complained: “My work is totally meaningless. I’m tired of doing every day the same tasks that are neither interesting nor challenging. … Continue reading →

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On Anzeneering, Pride and the Definition of Done (DoD)

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Hayim Makabee

The concept of Anzeneering was created by Joshua Kerievsky, CEO of Industrial Logic and author of the book “Refactoring to Patterns“. It is derived from the Japanese word “anzen” which means “safety”. According to Joshua: “Anzeneers protect people by establishing … Continue reading →

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Beware the Lean Feedback Loop: Over-fitting to Early Adopters

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Hayim Makabee

Today many software startups follow the ideas introduced by Eric Ries in his best-selling book “The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses”. Ries is responsible for the popularization of the concept of the … Continue reading →

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Indefinite Optimism: the Problem with the Agile and Lean Mindsets

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Hayim Makabee

In the last decade we have seen a decrease of interest in Software Design and a sharp increase of interest in Agile methods. The first graph below compares the trends between Software Design and Agile. The second graph compares the … Continue reading →

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Productivity Hack: Using Effectively Your Small Fractions Of Time

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

I’m constantly looking for new ways to be more productive and avoid wasting my time. One of my biggest challenges is how to use some small fractions of free time, something like less than 10 minutes. I think that, for … Continue reading →

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Talk: Adaptable Design Up Front (slides + video)

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

Last week I was invited to talk at the IASA eSummit on Architecture for Agile Software Development. My talk tries to answer the question: “How much Design Up Front should be done in an Agile project?” I present my approach … Continue reading →

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Invention Is Not Enough For Innovation

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

The cartoon above depicts a common problem in hi-tech companies: Someone invents a new technology, but is not able to promote its adoption. I think the solution is that instead of just providing the “wheels”, we need to build a … Continue reading →

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