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0 replies - 4596 views - 03/12/13 by Eric Gregory in Articles

I live and work with two phrases in my head that are important to me:
“It’s the system, not the people” – Deming
And,...
0 replies - 1968 views - 03/11/13 by Steve Rogalsky in Articles

David Bowie releases his new album, The Next Day, recently. I’ve not had a chance to listen to it yet but the title itself was provocative enough for...
0 replies - 1351 views - 03/11/13 by Christopher Taylor in Articles

In a code review a developer needs to look at the code from two different perspectives:
Correctness. Is the code logically correct, does it do what it is...
0 replies - 2149 views - 03/10/13 by Jim Bird in Articles

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and...
0 replies - 1011 views - 03/10/13 by Swizec Teller in Articles

You’re close to shipping and you receive a shopping list of
bugs and changes. Some are tiny and un-eventful, some are show stoppers,
some let...
0 replies - 1374 views - 03/09/13 by Douglas Rathbone in Articles

When working with legacy code I usually start by classifying all
modules of the system based on the urgency for rebuild. The
classification helps making...
0 replies - 1746 views - 03/09/13 by Anders Abel in Articles

Over the past two years, we’ve watched a significant chunk of the world fall in love with Hadoop. It has been remarkable to watch Big Data startups grab the...
0 replies - 1564 views - 03/09/13 by Christopher Taylor in Articles

Lucas Ward and I published a Source Control Maturity Model article nearly three years ago. I had been thinking of it for a many years (particularly the PVC...
0 replies - 2521 views - 03/08/13 by Paul Hammant in Articles

I had a very odd interchange with my friend Merlyn over lunch; he
started talking about red code vs. green code (in the context of
supporting both...
0 replies - 1142 views - 03/08/13 by Howard Lewis Ship in Articles

Every other Friday, my team holds a retrospective meeting. One issue
that came up in our most recent retrospective was a particularly
contentious user...
2 replies - 2013 views - 03/08/13 by Josh Adell in Articles

I love hearing what people are doing with Eclipse. It really is
amazing the great software people have built on top of Eclipse. This is
why...
0 replies - 3468 views - 03/08/13 by Ian Skerrett in Articles

In our haste to study larger and larger amounts of data and find information, there’s a point getting lost in the excitement...those are people who often...
0 replies - 1588 views - 03/08/13 by Christopher Taylor in Articles

There seem to be a rash of “Am I Unemployable?” posts and comments lately on sites that I frequent, and after reading details the answer in my head is...
2 replies - 2638 views - 03/07/13 by Dave Fecak in Articles

Someone has called me a liar and a thief, and has failed to produce any explanation or evidence. Nonviolent Communication suggests that I ask, “what is it...
1 replies - 2521 views - 03/07/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles