November 2009
9 posts
Scott Adams Blog: The Bad Management Stimulus... →
The Dilbert Principle observes that in the modern economy, the least capable people are promoted to management because companies need their smartest people to do the useful work. It’s hard to design…
Are Nash Equilibriums Killing Agile Initiatives? →
“Over the past two years I have seen a lot of debate about the success of Agile software development. Agile methodologies can produce great results. This is well documented. Yet, in many companies,…
“In software, adding a six-lane automobile expressway to a railroad bridge is...”
– You Don’t Know Jack About Software Maintenance | November 2009 | Communications of the ACM
Deep Economy: Economics as If the World Mattered →
Finished Deep Economy: Economics as If the World Mattered by Bill McKibben.
“The idea that I have in mind is to flip technical debt around. We need to see...”
– Michael Feathers’ Blog: Beyond Technical Debt
“If you’re a Ruby author who cares about distributing your software to more...”
– Bytemark blog | Ruby gems, and when we’ll be shot of them
“But the biggest mistake made in Gems was to add to the language. In Java, or C,...”
– Bytemark blog | Ruby gems, and when we’ll be shot of them
“That the message of the XP and Agile community was once “professional...”
– Thoughts On …: The Death of Agile by Bill Caputo
“At the very least, don’t hire someone who will make the code base worse”
– Putting the tea into team: Pair Programming interviews/auditions