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by feyn 10y ago
I shall in turn steal Sufficient Design Up Front (SDUF)
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by feyn 10y ago
1) Yes, plus security concerns...that were really always there because clearly all those enterprise firewalls were not stopping anyone. Just ask Yahoo. 2) "When done properly" - therein lies the rub. 3) Absolutely agree, but I hav
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by feyn 10y ago
I learned RUP before Agile, and didn't hate it. I only learned if you like one thing you necessarily have to hate something else later in life. Aspects of RUP make it into my interpretation of agile. For example, I teach my dev teams U
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by feyn 10y ago
(me = author) FWIW, I can totally understand how it could come across as ego stroking. In this particular case I wasn't trying to, but I have been guilty of it in my life. As for recognition, trust me - give it a week and no one will r
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by feyn 10y ago
Thanks, I appreciate it. nroach does have a point. I made a judgement call, and can see both sides of if it was a good one.
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by feyn 10y ago
(me = author) My bones ache from seeing Rational Unified Process mentioned, but of course you are correct. I would say I was "at the point where I almost (didn't) care" about 5 years ago. I then switched jobs and was made lea
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by feyn 10y ago
(I'm the author) Well...yes...and that's where (I hope) most people will start. What happens next, I've found, is that people's own confirmation bias' kick in, and they take the manifesto and make it describe (in th
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by feyn 10y ago
(I'm the author) My bad. No excuses.
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by feyn 10y ago
(I'm Neil, the author) I can't find a "like" button anywhere, so I'll just say "Like".
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by feyn 10y ago
Careful - I know that guy (I am that guy). He hardly knows what he's talking about half the time, and for the other half he makes it up as he goes along. Seriously though, glad you liked it.
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by feyn 10y ago
I appreciate that - thank you.
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by feyn 10y ago
(I'm Neil, the author) I do agree with you. I about learned Agile first from my mentor (his formative years were in the 80s) who I did and do still deeply respect, but over time he and I disagreed over the nature of what Agile is and w
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by feyn 10y ago
Too much to say, so I did a blog post: https://neilonsoftware.com/2017/01/18/my-response-to-are-we-...
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My Response to “Are we overcomplicating software development?”(neilonsoftware.com)
94 points by feyn 10y ago|66 comments
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Personality Patterns of Problematic Projects(neilonsoftware.com)
29 points by feyn 10y ago|0 comments
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Teaching Programming with Shoe Laces and Coffee Cups(neilonsoftware.com)
2 points by feyn 11y ago|0 comments
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by feyn 11y ago
You can have my CoffeeScript when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.
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My Thoughts on Test Driven Development (TDD)(neilonsoftware.com)
1 points by feyn 11y ago|0 comments
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TypeScript vs. CoffeeScript vs. ES6(slideshare.net)
3 points by feyn 11y ago|0 comments
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by feyn 12y ago
A Brief History of Time http://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Time-Stephen-Hawking/dp/...
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My First Week Using a Treadmill Desk(linkedin.com)
1 points by feyn 12y ago|0 comments
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Condescend like a professional(linkedin.com)
2 points by feyn 12y ago|0 comments
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Details emerge on Windows Kerberos vulnerability(zdnet.com)
1 points by feyn 12y ago|0 comments
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by feyn 12y ago
I’ve been in a technical lead position across 5 companies over the last 10 years, and after trying just about everything written or spoken about influencing team code quality, I finally found a formula that works: 1) Take on the most brutal
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by feyn 13y ago
The same advice I would give the designers of the Titanic after it sunk: you really should have thought more about this ahead of time. In all seriousness: Open source it. Tell the dev's to put it on Github, and let the global developm