Hi, I'm Sylvain Abélard

My Best Of

Here are some cases I like to reread & share.

• attitude, perfection

  1. The Small Stuff

  
  
• complexity

  2. Unknown Unknowns

  
  
• learning

  13. Evolution

  
  
• design

  22. Safety

  
  
• attitude, efficiency

  29. Goldfish

  
  
• learning

  32. Weeds

  
  
• politics

  36. Division

  
  
• docs

  39. The River of Tea

  
  
• docs

  41. Garbage

  
  
• automation

  42. Triggers

  
  
• tests

  44. The Backwards Monk

  
  
• management

  56. Bear Necessities

  
  
• abstractions

  57. Precision

  
  
• tests

  58. Enough to Hang Yourself By

  
  
• management

  61. Weight

  
  
• management

  62. Confusion

  
  
• attitude, complexity

  63. Shackles

  
  
• management

  67. Grease

  
  
• code

  71. The Six Unwelcome Hosts

  
  
• design

  83. Consequences

  
  
• security

  87. The Concubine's Fog

  
  
• style

  94. Conventions

  
  
• abstractions

  95. Roses are Red

  
  
• frameworks

  97. Flammable

  
  
• learning

  98. Anti Matter

  
  
• learning

  100. Ten Thousand Mistakes

  
  
• attitude, teamwork

  101. Accountability

  
  
• teamwork

  102. Paddle

  
  
• docs

  104. Guardrails

  
  
• design,docs

  105. Navigation

  
  
• abstractions

  107. Babel

  
  
• frameworks

  109. The Ties That Bind

  
  
• design

  110. The Trunk

  
  
• design, docs

  111. Labyrinth

  
  
• teamwork

  112. Speak to Me

  
  
• teamwork, mentoring

  113. Black Sheep

  
  
• design, errors

  115. Pain

  
  
• learning

  116. Trust No One

  
  
• design,learning

  118. Clay

  
  
• design

  119. Sushi

  
  
• management

  120. Plug and Play

  
  
• learning

  121. Where Angels Fear to Thread

  
  
• learning

  122. Craftsmanship

  
  
• design,style

  123. Order and Chaos

  
  
• functional

  124. The Hidden Variable

  
  
• management

  125. Power

  
  
• attitude,efficiency

  129. Like a Rolling Stone

  
  
• attitude

  130. The First Mantra

  
  
• frameworks

  134. Thin Ice

  
  
• design,docs

  135. Ass-Backwards Compatibility

  
  
• security

  140. Heartbleed

  
  
• attitude

  141. Ill Met By Moonlight

  
  
• management,tests

  142. The Blind Leading the Blind

  
  
• attitude, learning

  145. Five Years

  
  
• users

  146. Box Model

  
  
• code, efficiency

  151. The Summer Scarf

  
  
• management

  153. The Red Circle

  
  
• design, management

  154. A Bridge to Nowhere

  
  
• design, naming

  155. Don't Help

  
  
• users

  156. The Garden Path

  
  
• docs

  157. Captive Audience

  
  
• attitude

  159. Blocks

  
  
• attitude, hackers

  160. Eye of the Beholder

  
  
• management

  162. All According to Plan

  
  
• attitude, hackers

  163. Vacation

  
  
• management

  164. Paradox

  
  
• design, errors

  165. Failsafe

  
  
• abstractions

  167. Back to Basics

  
  
• design

  168. Horizontal, Vertical

  
  
• teamwork

  169. Best Practices

  
  
• communication

  170. The Purple Beggar

  
  
• attitude, management

  171. Initial Conditions

  
  
• attitude, teaching

  172. Lesson One

  
  
• network, poem

  173. Lost Peer

  
  
• learning

  174. Out of the Zone

  
  
• abstractions, design

  175. Flat Shark

  
  
• attitude, hackers

  177. The Tool-Shed

  
  
• attitude, hackers

  180. Past Perfect

  
  
• attitude, teamwork

  181. Future Imperfect

  
  
• tests

  182. Mousetrap

  
  
• management, teaching, teamwork

  183. Choosing Your Battles

  
  
• attitude, hackers

  187. Exit Interview

  
  
• attitude, hackers, teaching

  188. Tough Love

  
  
• security

  190. To Make an Omelette

  
  
• communication, users

  203. In the stars

  
  
• code

  204. Night Shift

  
  
• attitude, communication

  205. Plural Effusion

  
  
• automation

  206. Inaction hero

  
  
• attitude, mentoring

  207. Parrot

  
  
• attitude, management

  210. Hygiene

  
  
• code

  220. The Two Hard Things