Technical debt at lightning speed!

The Cup! The Cup! Oh wait, it's the Laughs...

This has been happening for more than two years: companies firing experienced people but continuing to hire kids.

But it only makes headlines with negative comments when the jobs are outsourced to other countries.

TIL that long-term use of ketamine turns you into a fascist. 🙄

Monday wisdom from the great Kevin Kelly:

To me, demanding dedication from an employee, when the company is not at all dedicated to that employee, is a sort of violence.

lol. I’ll vote for the opposite of whoever this piece of shit would vote for. Easy game.

Me at Loblaws, after spending $50 on two chicken breasts and a head of lettuce: galen weston is a true Canadian hero and if he’s not it’s the carbon tax’s fault

Here are our rescues from the Caribbean: (l to r) Finley, Sydney and Riley

The values of #AgileModeling are based upon those of #ExtremeProgramming , agilemodeling.com/values.htm, #Scrum #XP

Start with a Walking Skeleton, keep it running, and grow it incrementally. buff.ly/4df94e7

Hi everyone! The next post on Embracing Agility is now available:

What's Next?

The one where I pass the mic to you!

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Repeat after me: 'It's not about the tickets.'

Repeat after me: 'The ticket tracker is not the boss of me.'

Repeat after me: 'It is okay to do work that isn't wordsmithed into the Connextra user story format.'

Hi all! The next post on Embracing Agility will be up tomorrow morning (Eastern Time):

What's Next?

The one where I pass the mic to you!

daverooneyca.substack.com

AI won’t replace programmers until it knows how to upgrade library dependencies of a code base and fix all the ensuing errors.

Which will never happen.

Eliminating phases and functional departmentalization back in 1986, all to good effect ('The New New Product Development Game').

Forget about dividing the world up into philosophically correct hierarchies. Divide the *problem* into *pragmatically* correct ones. --MichaelHill buff.ly/448XTzu

#AgileModeling 'core practices', agilemodeling.com/essays/bestpra…, describe how to streamline your modeling and documentation activities on agile teams. #Scrum