I don't like this phrasing. I don't really even like the idea. I think this is the first one that doesn't have a reference. The problem I have is that the incentives and motivations for developers and customers are going to be different. Excluding developer tools - I'm gonna go…
This is connected to the "Why I hate DI..." post. It was a single post... but got stupid long... so I split it. Let's take a moment to look at what I do... do. HAHAHAHAHAHA... It's my blog, I get to laugh at that if I want to…
... frameworks. I have a very strong aversion to Dependency Injection frameworks. Hate... is a little strong; but I'm comfortable saying I hate DI Frameworks. "But why?" I hear you ask. I mean... I actually read it. This post is the answer to that question I was asked in…
Yes. Do that. Not only should we follow Principle 7 of giving products to customers early, but we need to communicate with them. Not just feedback on the product itself; but stay in touch. We need to have raport and a working relationship with our customer. As a product team,…
Yes. Do that. We can't understand what a user is expecting. Most of the time a user doesn't know what they want. They can tell us what they think they want; but is that going to produce the system that will best serve them? No. the answer to that is…
I agree with this statement. The fastest system that doesn't do it's job is worse than the slow system that does. Landon Noll gave a keynote at XP2019 and talked about his multiple prime number accomplishments. One of the things he pointed out is that the results had to be…
5: Don't try to retrofit quality What? No! DO TRY! I mean... Do or do not, there is no try... But YES - Retrofit quality into the legacy code. OK... now I'll move past the principle into the blurb... "Quality cannot be retrofit into software" ... SIGH... just... fucking.…
Oh YEAH! I'm BACK! ... Sorry for that. Anyway; the second set of requirements! Which... I call mid range. Because... Well... it adds the middle pizza. Mid Range New Pizza Size: Medium for $12 Family changed to Large Description format: "{Pizza Size} Pizza with {Toppings}" Toppings need to be…
