Trunk-Based Thierry (they/them)
@tdpauw.bsky.social
most outspoken shy & introverted engineer 🙌 💪
former electromechanical engineer ⚙️
consulting CTO 🤵
founder https://thinkinglabs.io/
former electromechanical engineer ⚙️
consulting CTO 🤵
founder https://thinkinglabs.io/
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There’s also the other way around, where management says they tried OKRs and found that they ‘don’t work’, so you can’t introduce them. So you agree, and instead talk to the team about your ‘goals’ and ‘success measures’ 😶
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
There’s also the other way around, where management says they tried OKRs and found that they ‘don’t work’, so you can’t introduce them. So you agree, and instead talk to the team about your ‘goals’ and ‘success measures’ 😶
OKRs is like Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.
Everybody says they do it. But in reality don’t🤷
Everybody says they do it. But in reality don’t🤷
November 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
OKRs is like Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.
Everybody says they do it. But in reality don’t🤷
Everybody says they do it. But in reality don’t🤷
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I’ve heard @tdpauw.bsky.social talk about this before, and it clicked instantly — totally agree. But every time I share this idea, people look at me like I’ve just declared code reviews are a myth from ancient folklore. 😂
October 16, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I’ve heard @tdpauw.bsky.social talk about this before, and it clicked instantly — totally agree. But every time I share this idea, people look at me like I’ve just declared code reviews are a myth from ancient folklore. 😂
Slack channels are a good indicator of silos in an organisation 🤷
October 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Slack channels are a good indicator of silos in an organisation 🤷
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“Anyone who believes code reviews catch bugs, believes in fairytales”
Automated and exploratory tests catches bugs…
Code reviews help lower the risk that we release low quality code.
@tdpauw.bsky.social #agilecam
Automated and exploratory tests catches bugs…
Code reviews help lower the risk that we release low quality code.
@tdpauw.bsky.social #agilecam
October 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“Anyone who believes code reviews catch bugs, believes in fairytales”
Automated and exploratory tests catches bugs…
Code reviews help lower the risk that we release low quality code.
@tdpauw.bsky.social #agilecam
Automated and exploratory tests catches bugs…
Code reviews help lower the risk that we release low quality code.
@tdpauw.bsky.social #agilecam
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What code reviews should not be:
* Ways to exercise power - it should be true peer reviews
* Done by seniors missing mentoring skills
* blaming or harming
* a miserable experience
* gate keeping (gates introduce delays)
* a must
@tdpauw.bsky.social #agilecam
* Ways to exercise power - it should be true peer reviews
* Done by seniors missing mentoring skills
* blaming or harming
* a miserable experience
* gate keeping (gates introduce delays)
* a must
@tdpauw.bsky.social #agilecam
October 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
What code reviews should not be:
* Ways to exercise power - it should be true peer reviews
* Done by seniors missing mentoring skills
* blaming or harming
* a miserable experience
* gate keeping (gates introduce delays)
* a must
@tdpauw.bsky.social #agilecam
* Ways to exercise power - it should be true peer reviews
* Done by seniors missing mentoring skills
* blaming or harming
* a miserable experience
* gate keeping (gates introduce delays)
* a must
@tdpauw.bsky.social #agilecam
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It was two days of interesting talks and workshops, where three stood out to me:
First was “Non-blocking continuous code-reviews, a case story” by @tdpauw.bsky.social
I always enjoy hearing Thierry’s talks. He provides great insight in various ways of getting higher quality code :)
First was “Non-blocking continuous code-reviews, a case story” by @tdpauw.bsky.social
I always enjoy hearing Thierry’s talks. He provides great insight in various ways of getting higher quality code :)
October 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It was two days of interesting talks and workshops, where three stood out to me:
First was “Non-blocking continuous code-reviews, a case story” by @tdpauw.bsky.social
I always enjoy hearing Thierry’s talks. He provides great insight in various ways of getting higher quality code :)
First was “Non-blocking continuous code-reviews, a case story” by @tdpauw.bsky.social
I always enjoy hearing Thierry’s talks. He provides great insight in various ways of getting higher quality code :)
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I answered over @ sw-development-is.social/@TheTravelle... ➙ For more about trunk-based dev, I suggest @tdpauw.bsky.social's article thinkinglabs.io/articles/2025/… He wrote more great articles about the topic.
There's even a VCS that doesn't use branches: Jujutsu ➙ jj-vcs.github.io/jj/latest/
There's even a VCS that doesn't use branches: Jujutsu ➙ jj-vcs.github.io/jj/latest/
https://thinkinglabs.io/articles/2025/…
October 16, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I answered over @ sw-development-is.social/@TheTravelle... ➙ For more about trunk-based dev, I suggest @tdpauw.bsky.social's article thinkinglabs.io/articles/2025/… He wrote more great articles about the topic.
There's even a VCS that doesn't use branches: Jujutsu ➙ jj-vcs.github.io/jj/latest/
There's even a VCS that doesn't use branches: Jujutsu ➙ jj-vcs.github.io/jj/latest/
October 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Last week I spoke at Agile Cambridge, and it was great being back.
I arrived in 18 degrees so started with a walk on campus :)
As always the people and the discussions were the best parts. Some people I had not seen since before the pandemic, some were new, and some I got closer to 💕
#agilecam
I arrived in 18 degrees so started with a walk on campus :)
As always the people and the discussions were the best parts. Some people I had not seen since before the pandemic, some were new, and some I got closer to 💕
#agilecam
October 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Last week I spoke at Agile Cambridge, and it was great being back.
I arrived in 18 degrees so started with a walk on campus :)
As always the people and the discussions were the best parts. Some people I had not seen since before the pandemic, some were new, and some I got closer to 💕
#agilecam
I arrived in 18 degrees so started with a walk on campus :)
As always the people and the discussions were the best parts. Some people I had not seen since before the pandemic, some were new, and some I got closer to 💕
#agilecam
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We now have a generation of developers who’ve never experienced an alternative to blocking code reviews.
But pull requests aren’t anyone’s security blanket, and it will only take a new fashion to change this.
Thierry’s excellent presentation is a call to action for the trend setters.
But pull requests aren’t anyone’s security blanket, and it will only take a new fashion to change this.
Thierry’s excellent presentation is a call to action for the trend setters.
The slide deck of my session
Non-Blocking Continuous Code Reviews - a Case Study
Thank you for all the interesting questions and the lovely feedback. I’m truly grateful for that ☺️
#agilecam
thinkinglabs.io/talks/2024/0...
Non-Blocking Continuous Code Reviews - a Case Study
Thank you for all the interesting questions and the lovely feedback. I’m truly grateful for that ☺️
#agilecam
thinkinglabs.io/talks/2024/0...
Non-Blocking Continuous Code Reviews - a Case Study
thinkinglabs.io
October 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
We now have a generation of developers who’ve never experienced an alternative to blocking code reviews.
But pull requests aren’t anyone’s security blanket, and it will only take a new fashion to change this.
Thierry’s excellent presentation is a call to action for the trend setters.
But pull requests aren’t anyone’s security blanket, and it will only take a new fashion to change this.
Thierry’s excellent presentation is a call to action for the trend setters.
The slide deck of my session
Non-Blocking Continuous Code Reviews - a Case Study
Thank you for all the interesting questions and the lovely feedback. I’m truly grateful for that ☺️
#agilecam
thinkinglabs.io/talks/2024/0...
Non-Blocking Continuous Code Reviews - a Case Study
Thank you for all the interesting questions and the lovely feedback. I’m truly grateful for that ☺️
#agilecam
thinkinglabs.io/talks/2024/0...
Non-Blocking Continuous Code Reviews - a Case Study
thinkinglabs.io
October 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The slide deck of my session
Non-Blocking Continuous Code Reviews - a Case Study
Thank you for all the interesting questions and the lovely feedback. I’m truly grateful for that ☺️
#agilecam
thinkinglabs.io/talks/2024/0...
Non-Blocking Continuous Code Reviews - a Case Study
Thank you for all the interesting questions and the lovely feedback. I’m truly grateful for that ☺️
#agilecam
thinkinglabs.io/talks/2024/0...
Someone just told me I am an engaging speaker. Really ⁉️ 😳
But thank you, you just made my day ☺️
But thank you, you just made my day ☺️
October 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Someone just told me I am an engaging speaker. Really ⁉️ 😳
But thank you, you just made my day ☺️
But thank you, you just made my day ☺️
Software development may be a foreign country for the business. To gain trust we need accountability.
— @jamesshore.bsky.social #agilecam
— @jamesshore.bsky.social #agilecam
October 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Software development may be a foreign country for the business. To gain trust we need accountability.
— @jamesshore.bsky.social #agilecam
— @jamesshore.bsky.social #agilecam
October 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
It is still guesses at the end of the day. But it is better to have some model than a perfect model.
— @jamesshore.bsky.social #agilecam
— @jamesshore.bsky.social #agilecam
October 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
It is still guesses at the end of the day. But it is better to have some model than a perfect model.
— @jamesshore.bsky.social #agilecam
— @jamesshore.bsky.social #agilecam
eXtreme Programming is a foreign country. We do things differently!
— @jamesshore.bsky.social #agilecam
— @jamesshore.bsky.social #agilecam
October 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
eXtreme Programming is a foreign country. We do things differently!
— @jamesshore.bsky.social #agilecam
— @jamesshore.bsky.social #agilecam
People think software development is about writing code. It is not!
It is about:
Communication
Collaboration
Simplicity
Courage
Respect
-- XP Values, @kentbeck.com
@jamesshore.bsky.social #agilecam
It is about:
Communication
Collaboration
Simplicity
Courage
Respect
-- XP Values, @kentbeck.com
@jamesshore.bsky.social #agilecam
October 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
People think software development is about writing code. It is not!
It is about:
Communication
Collaboration
Simplicity
Courage
Respect
-- XP Values, @kentbeck.com
@jamesshore.bsky.social #agilecam
It is about:
Communication
Collaboration
Simplicity
Courage
Respect
-- XP Values, @kentbeck.com
@jamesshore.bsky.social #agilecam
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This is the article behind the talk that @tdpauw.bsky.social delivered just now:
thinkinglabs.io/articles/202...
#agilecam
thinkinglabs.io/articles/202...
#agilecam
Non-Blocking, Continuous Code Reviews - a case study
thinkinglabs.io
October 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is the article behind the talk that @tdpauw.bsky.social delivered just now:
thinkinglabs.io/articles/202...
#agilecam
thinkinglabs.io/articles/202...
#agilecam
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I always enjoy hearing @tdpauw.bsky.social talk :)
This time he is talking about non-blocking code reviews.
He always provides great insight on technical topics and new ways to get better code quality :)
#agilecam
This time he is talking about non-blocking code reviews.
He always provides great insight on technical topics and new ways to get better code quality :)
#agilecam
October 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I always enjoy hearing @tdpauw.bsky.social talk :)
This time he is talking about non-blocking code reviews.
He always provides great insight on technical topics and new ways to get better code quality :)
#agilecam
This time he is talking about non-blocking code reviews.
He always provides great insight on technical topics and new ways to get better code quality :)
#agilecam
Published: A Tester's Growth-Path to Test Automation
At one client, the topic of how a growth path for Testers in Test Automation would look in their QA Community of Practice. That triggered me to ask that question in the wild. Here's the result.
thinkinglabs.io/articles/202...
At one client, the topic of how a growth path for Testers in Test Automation would look in their QA Community of Practice. That triggered me to ask that question in the wild. Here's the result.
thinkinglabs.io/articles/202...
A Tester's Growth-Path to Test Automation
thinkinglabs.io
September 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Published: A Tester's Growth-Path to Test Automation
At one client, the topic of how a growth path for Testers in Test Automation would look in their QA Community of Practice. That triggered me to ask that question in the wild. Here's the result.
thinkinglabs.io/articles/202...
At one client, the topic of how a growth path for Testers in Test Automation would look in their QA Community of Practice. That triggered me to ask that question in the wild. Here's the result.
thinkinglabs.io/articles/202...
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No, people will sit idly because they are intrinsically lazy. McGregor wrote about this in the 70s...
That is, they indeed are if you treat them as if they were.
That is, they indeed are if you treat them as if they were.
September 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
No, people will sit idly because they are intrinsically lazy. McGregor wrote about this in the 70s...
That is, they indeed are if you treat them as if they were.
That is, they indeed are if you treat them as if they were.
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Solo work is often silo work
Our Work in Progress (WIP) should be at least equal to the number of team members. If it is less, it means someone is idle ...
So what?
That so-called idle person might be helping out someone else ...
So what?
That so-called idle person might be helping out someone else ...
September 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Solo work is often silo work
Our Work in Progress (WIP) should be at least equal to the number of team members. If it is less, it means someone is idle ...
So what?
That so-called idle person might be helping out someone else ...
So what?
That so-called idle person might be helping out someone else ...
September 17, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Our Work in Progress (WIP) should be at least equal to the number of team members. If it is less, it means someone is idle ...
So what?
That so-called idle person might be helping out someone else ...
So what?
That so-called idle person might be helping out someone else ...
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It worries me that we're losing the war against rightwing disinfo. There is no rational reason the shooting of Charlie Kirk made global news while Melissa Hortman's murder barely made national news & everybody has forgotten they blamed this on the left as well www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How the right spread ‘brutal and cruel’ misinformation after Minnesota lawmaker killings
The rightwing media ecosystem spins up narratives to serve their agendas after tragic events, regardless of accuracy
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:32 AM
It worries me that we're losing the war against rightwing disinfo. There is no rational reason the shooting of Charlie Kirk made global news while Melissa Hortman's murder barely made national news & everybody has forgotten they blamed this on the left as well www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...