English on My Blog

User Stories: not only for Developers!

Pascal MARTIN — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Daily, I hear developers say “my¹ user story is finished”. And, almost always, they utter this sentence when they have deployed a feature to production².

But I don’t think a User Story should be considered as “done” at that time!

Your changelog should be based on your user-stories!

Pascal MARTIN — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This article is, more or less, a follow-up to “Your git log is not a changelog!”, published by @aureliengateau a few days ago.

Aurélien says an application’s changelog should not be generated from its commit history. And that commits should not be squashed in order to produce a changelog. And I agree 100% with these ideas!

For me, the changelog of your application should be built from your User Stories. Not from your Git history.

Some of the talks I’d like to do in 2021 (and beyond)

Pascal MARTIN — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I have talked about PHP, Linux, The Cloud, AWS, Kubernetes, DevOps, Coffee or Public Speaking at various conferences and meetups regularly for the past 10+ years… But, until now, I’ve always done so in French¹.

In 2021, I’d like to share these ideas and talk with more people beyond the borders of France and French-speaking countries. And I need to practice my spoken English more.

So, here are some talks I’d like to do, in English, in 2021 and beyond.