Jacek Marchwicki - Blog
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Focusing external teams’ members to resolve business needs
Monday, June 05, 2023 in People
Photo by [Devin Avery](https://unsplash.com/@devintavery?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/VBBs_SWsdwU?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) Cooperation with external teams is good As we work with various companies to address their business needs, we often collaborate with their internal engineering teams or other external teams to help their business grow. While such collaborations can …
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Improving App Stability: A Proactive Approach to Overcoming External Constraints
Thursday, May 04, 2023 in People
Photo by [Milton Wiklund](https://unsplash.com/@wiklunden?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/SnSEVMOFBn0?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) Introduction Many technological companies focus on best practices but don’t consider the constraints they face. I’ve often heard that external factors are hard to overcome, such as backend developers complaining that backend servers are …
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Code Review - Team Agreements
Thursday, October 13, 2022 in People
Photo by [Bernard Hermant](https://unsplash.com/@bernardhermant?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/s/photos/spy?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) I’d like your team to work as efficiently as possible and review can be of great help in this. It allows you to find errors and potential problems at the very early stage of the development. What’s more, it enables developers to share knowledge. On …
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Optimizing Cooperation
Monday, October 10, 2022 in People
Photo by [taylor](https://unsplash.com/@taychilla?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/s/photos/frustration?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) As developers, we often get frustrated with non-coding factors such as: The fact that we have to wait for others to finish their tasks before we can move on with ours. The fact that Business keeps asking questions about what has been done or what is …
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Proposing architectural changes
Friday, September 02, 2022 in People
Photo by [Ivan Aleksic](https://unsplash.com/@ivalex?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/s/photos/decision?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) We all know that introducing a change in a team that numbers more than several developers is always challenging. However, if you follow the advice I present below, you can make things much easier for yourself. You should ensure that everyone …
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The Problem of Knowledge Sharing
Wednesday, August 24, 2022 in People
Photo by [Niamat Ullah](https://unsplash.com/@niull8664?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/s/photos/blackboard?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) The rules of knowledge sharing are similar to those of a marketplace, where both sides must be willing to buy or sell at the same time. For knowledge sharing to occur, someone who has knowledge is required - let’s call them a knowledge donor. On the …
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When QA slows down your team
Tuesday, August 09, 2022 in Engineering
Image Photo by *Artem Ka* from [unsplash](https://unsplash.com/) Abstract When a team wants a QA specialist to work on their project, it’s worth considering what this process is supposed to bring. Improvement of app stability. Faster feature delivery. Increase of team work efficiency. Support in testing the app in …
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Don't be fooled by knowledge shared in this self-development article
Tuesday, October 05, 2021 in People
Photo by [Annie Spratt](https://unsplash.com/@anniespratt) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/5QlhhDd7I-I) You have started reading this article, but you shouldn’t trust the knowledge that I’m sharing with you. When you read an article, you don’t know who the person that has written it really is. Of course, you can read that I have almost 10 years of …
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When a product requirement is not worth implementing
Monday, August 23, 2021 in Engineering
Photo by [Levi Meir Clancy](https://unsplash.com/@levimeirclancy?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/@levimeirclancy?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) Life is full of compromises. So is software development. Decisions about features and the related requirements are based on the amount of time and money necessary to deliver good user experience. When designing software, a team doesn’t always have …
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Coastline paradox
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 in Engineering
Photo by [Max Böttinger](https://unsplash.com/@maxboettinger?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) The coastline paradox was first observed by Lewis Fry Richardson and later expanded upon by Benoit Mandelbrot in Science Magazine in 1967. It shows that measuring the coastline length is not as straightforward as it might seem. Image shows coastline …