DJ Adams

Blog posts tagged "mondaymorningthoughts"

  1. Monday morning thoughts: looking back and forwards

    I look back on the posts in this series, reflect upon the journey we've made, and think about what 2019 might hold for us.

  2. Monday morning thoughts: digging deeper

    I think about the tools we use in our day-to-day activities, the feeling I have that I'm just scratching the surface with regards to their capabilities, and what I plan to do about it in 2019.

  3. Monday morning thoughts: indirect influence

    On how our work can directly and even indirectly influence those that come after us, and about what this means for how we should act.

  4. Monday morning thoughts: learning media and mechanisms

    I think about the different ways I learn, and wonder how that translates to how we learn in the SAP developer ecosphere.

  5. Monday morning thoughts: rethinking like the web

    I revisit some principles that help us "think like the web" and think about them in the context of today's SAP technology landscape and community.

  6. Monday morning thoughts: longevity and loose coupling

    I think about the importance of core technologies, and how the arrival of functions-as-a-service might be merely the next incarnation of an idea that's existed for a while.

  7. Monday morning thoughts: on starting blogging

    On what made me start blogging, and on the reasons to start blogging that might resonate with you, if you've not yet made that step.

  8. Monday morning thoughts: exploring reuse

    I think about reuse and extension, in the context of the Application Programming Model for SAP Cloud Platform, and mindful of Björn Goerke's SAP TechEd 2018 keynote message in Barcelona - "keep the core clean".

  9. Monday morning thoughts: dynamic language

    Musings on a particular function definition in JavaScript, and how it represents beauty and practicality in equal measure.

  10. Monday morning thoughts: big school and community

    On my experience going from primary school to secondary school - "big school", how that parallels our collective move from on-prem to the cloud, and how the community is more important than ever in this transition.

  11. Monday morning thoughts: more on ABAP in the cloud

    Following a previous post on the subject, I think a bit more about the SAP Cloud Platform ABAP Environment, inspired by the conversations around the subject at SAP TechEd in Las Vegas last week.

  12. Monday morning thoughts: impostor syndrome

    On the impostor syndrome, how it relates to me, and one of the possible causes.

  13. Monday morning thoughts: growth is upwards

    In this post, I think about how we grow, how we improve ourselves by adding to our knowledge and experience, and consider that our growth is sometimes uphill but almost always rewarding.

  14. Monday morning thoughts: Workflow Forms and the definition of a developer

    I think briefly about the definition of a developer, and in that context look at the advent of Workflow Forms, a major new addition to the functionality of the Workflow service on SAP Cloud Platform.

  15. Monday morning thoughts: ABAP in the cloud

    I think about the new SAP Cloud Platform ABAP Environment, what it is, what it isn't, and why I think it's a great move.

  16. Monday morning thoughts: considering GraphQL

    On GraphQL, and its relationship with existing ideas for managing data and structured exposure to that data over a wire protocol.

  17. Monday morning thoughts: a good blog post

    What makes a good blog post, and also what writing such a post does for the author, too.

  18. Monday morning thoughts: OData

    I think about OData, in particular where it came from and why it looks and acts like it does. I also consider why I think it was a good protocol for an organisation like SAP to embrace.

  19. Monday morning thoughts: the cloud is the computer

    I think about what the future of programming in an enterprise environment might look like, and realise that it makes sense to consider that the cloud itself is the new computer.

  20. Monday morning thoughts: mainframes and message documentation

    I think about mainframes and a message documentation aspect from the mainframe world that, while originally proprietary, is a big plus for operators and developers alike and something I'd love to see return.

  21. Monday morning thoughts: local http servers and containerisation

    I look back on an idea surfaced by a hero of mine, and think about how that idea laid the path for today's containerisation initiatives.

  22. Monday morning thoughts: what not how

    In this post, I think about how we program, about the way we describe what it is that we want the computer to do for us, and look at what has become for me the canonical example of the difference between 'what' and 'how'.

  23. Monday morning thoughts: abstraction

    I think about abstraction, the power and facility it affords, and consider CDS as one example of a modern abstraction language.

  24. Monday morning thoughts: curiosity and understanding

    I think about how curiosity can lead to a better understanding of things, and give a specific example concerning CDS and the new Application Programming Model for SAP Cloud Platform.

  25. Monday morning thoughts: developers and advocacy

    I think about what it means to me to be a part of the Developer Relations team, and talk a bit about evangelism, outreach and advocacy.

  26. Monday morning thoughts: programming models

    I think about the idea of the programming model and consider the occurrence of such over the recent years in the SAP development ecosphere.

  27. Monday morning thoughts: community engagement

    I think about some of the basic ingredients of a good online community, and describe what I'm going to try to do to engage more with the SAP Community.

  28. Monday morning thoughts: Core Data Services

    What Core Data Services (CDS) is, what it does, and why we should make it a priority to learn more about.

  29. Monday morning thoughts: the learning continuum

    I contemplate the idea of the learning continuum, and think about the fact that we're all learning together, which is a good thing.

  30. Monday morning thoughts: programmers and identity

    On how some programmers identify strongly with a particular language, consider the meanings of 'programmer', 'coder' and 'developer', and what it means for us as the SAP enterprise programming landscape changes.

  31. Monday morning thoughts: milestones

    I look back at changes and developments that I consider milestones in SAP's technology history, and muse on some of the developments today that we'll consider milestones in the future.

  32. Monday morning thoughts: functions - what functions?

    Musings on the concept of functions-as-a-service, what it means, and what it's good for.

  33. Monday morning thoughts: containers and silence

    On the silence of workstations and what that represents to me, and the new ability to look at maintaining software and services in a completely different way - via containers.

  34. Monday morning thoughts: editors and editing

    I look at how the editor environments that we come across in our daily work are different, and, as those differences might grow and expand as we become cloud native, how we bridge the contrast in facilities with core obsessions such as correct indentation and whitespace.

  35. Monday morning thoughts: upload / download in a cloud native world

    On how our modus operandi is often at odds with the true nature of cloud computing.

  36. Monday morning thoughts: a cloud native smell

    On the importance and design of URLs, and the opacity of cattle vs the individuality of pets.

  37. Monday morning thoughts: cloud native

    What does it mean to be "cloud native"?

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