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The world is run by those who show up - Robert B. Johnson

I'm Neil -- husband, father, coach, live (sports) streamer, programmer, serverless architect, leader, and recovering entrepreneur. My personal mission is to help software engineers find joy in their work by sharing knowledge and reducing friction.

• 🔭 I’m currently leading the design and development of a multi-instance digital experience platform that ensures seamless experiences while empowering autonomous teams
• 🌱 I'm currently digging pretty deeply into delivery (and caching) optimization options for a multi-billion user platform to optimize cost AND deliver faster time to first byte (TTFB)
• 📚 I'm currently reading The Medici (Italian Histories) and Engineering Management for the Rest of Us
• 💬 Ask me about microfrontends, serverless applications, scaling teams and projects, removing friction for developers

Skills & Experience

Favorite Software Engineering Books

• The Pragmatic Programmer, 20th Anniversary Edition your journey to mastery by David Thomas & Andrew Hunt
• Clean Code by Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob)
• Refactoring, Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler, with Kent Beck
• Implementing Lean Software Development by Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck
• Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations by by Nicole Forsgren PhD, Jez Humble, Gene Kim

In my queue...

• Lean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovate at Scale by Jez Humble, Joanne Molesky, Barry O'Reilly
• Remote Team Interactions Workbook: Using Team Topologies Patterns for Remote Working by Matthew Skelton, Manuel Pais
• Remote Not Distant: Design a Company Culture That Will Help You Thrive in a Hybrid Workplace by Gustavo Razzetti

2023 Reading List

• Implementing Lean Software Development by Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck
• Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations by by Nicole Forsgren PhD, Jez Humble, Gene Kim
• Reality-Based Leadership: Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the Workplace, and Turn Excuses into Results by Cy Wakeman
• Radical Candor (Yes...again with our leadership team) by Kim Scott
• Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less by Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, Roy Schwartz
• The Nature of Software Development: Keep It Simple, Make It Valuable, Build It Piece by Piece by Ron Jeffries
• The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*Ck: A Counterintuitive Approach To Living A Good Life by Mark Manson

2022 Reading List

• 75+Team Building Activities for Remote Teams: Simple Ways to Build Trust, Strengthen Communications, and Laugh Together from Afar by Christopher Littlefield
• Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow by Matthew Skelton and Manual Pais
• Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead, and Restore Your Well-Being by Robert L. Cross
• Management 3.0: Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders by Jurgen Appelo
• Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher
• Radical Candor (Re-read this favorite to share with book club) by Kim Scott

2021 Reading List

• The Art of Choosing by Sheena Iyengar
• The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data (again) by Gene Kim
• Essentialism, The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
• White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
• Scotty by Ken Dryden
• Burke's Law by Brian Burke
• Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity by Scott Galloway

Favorite Software Engineering Podcasts

• Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman: https://www.hanselminutes.com/
• The Cloudcast: https://www.thecloudcast.net/
• The Changelog: Software Dev & Open Source: https://changelog.com/podcast
• Does Not Compute: http://spec.fm/podcasts/does-not-compute
• Developer Tea: http://www.developertea.com/
• Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman: http://www.mastersofscale.com/
• Rework: https://rework.fm/
• AWS Podcast: https://aws.amazon.com/podcasts/aws-podcast/
• Breach: https://www.carbonite.com/breach
• CaSE: Conversations about Software Engineering: https://www.case-podcast.org/
• ShopTalk: https://shoptalkshow.com/
• Coding Blocks: https://www.codingblocks.net/
• Scale or Die: https://www.useproof.com/scaleordie
• Full Stack Radio: http://fullstackradio.com/
• Embedded: https://www.npr.org/series/469833353/embedded
• JS Party: JavaScript: https://changelog.com/jsparty
• The Official Vue News: http://news.vuejs.org/
• Software Engineering Radio: http://www.se-radio.net/
• Serverless Chats: https://www.serverlesschats.com/