PinnedZan KavtaskinAntifragile meets fragile realityNassim Taleb has written a book called “Antifragile — Things that gain from disorder”. Nassim claims in his book that there are things…11 min read·Jan 12, 2023----
PinnedZan KavtaskinLean software development, reporting and visualising lead and cycle timeIn the previous articles I have discussed lead and cycle time, and proposed that it is possible to use these metrics to run experiments and…4 min read·Jan 14, 2022--1--1
Zan KavtaskinP vs NP, Practical Guide for Software EngineersOne of the key questions in computational complexity is P=NP or P!=NP. This topic was covered in Algorithm MicroMasters. I found it really…12 min read·Feb 27, 2024----
Zan KavtaskinWhen stuck consider this to nudge your decision in the right directionRecently I have made a number of decisions that turned out not satisfactory for my use case. Worst of all I was trying to justify why my…8 min read·Dec 17, 2023----
Zan KavtaskinDon’t use Little’s Law at user story level in software engineeringLittle’s Law cannot be used to accurately predict when an individual user story will be delivered due to underlying user story data…6 min read·Oct 29, 2023----
Zan KavtaskinAlgorithms and Data Structures MicroMasters UCSD ReviewRecently I have completed my edX MicroMasters Program in Algorithms and Data Structures by The University of California, San Diego. You can…7 min read·Oct 3, 2023----
Zan KavtaskinOPINION: Are over-exploitive psychopaths and ChatGPT intelligent, and how do we stay safe?My world and maybe your world, was shaken by ChatGPT. This has put me in a reflective mood. What does it mean to be intelligent? Do we…9 min read·Feb 1, 2023----
Zan KavtaskinSoftware development best practices that reduce cycle time and lead timeDuring my tenure as a Software Delivery Director at MHR is when I have realised that lean manufacturing cannot be applied literally to…5 min read·Jan 14, 2022--1--1
Zan KavtaskinLean software development, introducing lead and cycle timeIf manufacturing methods cannot be applied literally then let’s explore how they can be applied laterally.8 min read·Jan 13, 2022----
Zan KavtaskinFun social experiment that shows handovers are inefficient in software engineering contextSo once again I have run a game experiment. This time it was a much larger, over 70 people participated in about 8 teams.2 min read·Jan 13, 2022----