Our Zoo

Our Zoo

OK, Zoo might slightly be overstating it. Let's start at the beginning. In March 2019, we moved from Barcelona into the countryside. While I grew up in a village and studied in a small town, my recent life I spend in London and Barcelona. It was also my first house, farmhouse even, having lived in flats most of my life. So clearly, I thought about how I could complete my cosplaying of country life. ...

November 24, 2025 · 5 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 25-27

Friday Links 25-27

This week, I enjoyed the blog about chat programming, and coding at work, which is probably related. LeadershipHybrid workers are putting in 90 fewer minutes of work on Fridays – and an overall shift toward custom schedules could be undercutting collaboration - Friday is always different in Spain. Thermostats - Tuning team temperature - first rule of leadership: don't panic ...

November 21, 2025 · 2 min · Christof Damian
My Framework for Technical Debt

My Framework for Technical Debt

I've mentioned my approach to technical debt often, but I've never actually written it down. Here's the framework I use. ...

November 17, 2025 · 4 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 25-26

Friday Links 25-26

Short, but with lots of good stuff. The fad of engineering management, drug policy in Spain, and Mr. TIFF are my favourites. Have a lovely weekend! Leadership"Good engineering management" is a fad - you will have to adapt and core skills are reusable Seven Decisions - "Inspired" -- right. ...

November 14, 2025 · 2 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 25-25

Friday Links 25-25

Short one today. Listen to the last episode of Science in Action, or check out the archive. For a fun, scary game, have a look at The Scope Creep. One for the product managers. LeadershipBecome the Consequence - I'll have to digest this a bit more. ...

November 7, 2025 · 2 min · Christof Damian