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Buy Cheap Programmers and Save Money · 08/04/2008 by Lance Walton
Best developers are 10 times more productive than worst developers. So what!? Don’t hire them; you’ll regret it.
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The Software Expert · 22/04/2007 by Channing Walton
I just read an excellent blog by Kathy Sierra called How to be an Expert that resonanted very strongly with my experiences. But what does it mean for software?
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Agile Anti-Patterns - We Know Absolutely Nothing · 19/02/2007 by Lance Walton
One of the premises of Agile Methods is that much of the knowledge gained from a project is specific to that project and team, and therefore does not necessarily apply to other projects and teams. This article examines a pernicious over-generalisation of this, that is unfortunately often presented as superior thinking.
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How do we tell truths that might hurt? · 29/10/2006 by Channing Walton
Edsger W.Dijkstra wrote an interesting letter in June 1975 hoping to bring some honesty in to the field of computer science. I don’t think we heeded his concerns.
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Estimation XPeriment · 27/09/2006 by Lance Walton
This article reports on an experiment I have been conducting in my current team that investigates the relationship between story estimates and sum of task estimates in order to determine if story estimates are sufficient for iteration and release planning.
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Vociferous Ignorance · 17/07/2006 by Channing Walton
This is a good article – sums up many of my feelings about software in general, databases are no exception.
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Visualising Regex · 20/06/2006 by Channing Walton
A nice visualisation of regex processing.
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Wear Sunscreen · 11/06/2006 by Channing Walton
A twist on The Sunscreen Song for developers…
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Agile Anti-Patterns - Agile Malpractice · 04/05/2006 by Lance Walton
Many of the XP ‘mantras’, when viewed out of their historical context, appear absurd. However, lack of understanding about the context also makes teams and individuals act in absurd ways when they cling too tightly to the letter of the practice.
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Agile Anti-Patterns - Premature Pragmatism · 08/04/2006 by Lance Walton
It is easy to make superficial sense of XP and difficult to make real sense of it as a whole without actually doing it.
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