The one thing that I find hard is teaching other developers patterns . . . design patterns are a seperate language that unfortunately most developers that I work with do not understand. Most likely because they have never seen the problems that pattern solve. So my current struggle is how to be a better design patter teacher(language) in order to increase our velocity.

It makes a huge difference when you can look at someone and say “Use a factory to create a command” without having to say anything else.

I enjoy your site and check it regularly, though I haven’t seen any pictures of women lately, so I assume you have a girlfriend now