Let’s try a little Bizarro1 test (if you agree to these, I’ll poke you with a hot krypton stick): We are uncovering better ways to provide the illusion of developing software by listening to others talk about watching people try. Through this (dare I call it?) work, we have come to value: Dogmatic process and …
Category Archive: humor
Apr 30
MongoDB Honey Badger
In case you don’t know about the Honey Badger—you have to watch this video. Then you will see why MongoDB is a close cousin to this feared and fearless animal! Developing a new project where your domain classes/tables are changing rapidly? MongoDB don’t care! Tired of running rake db:migrate? MongoDB don’t care! Need to add …
Apr 26
Good humor
This was in an email after I purchased something… This is an automated message from the Yahoo! payments robot to let you know we got your money. Flickr will send you a more entertaining email shortly. I like this sense of humor from an application Share this:
Apr 19
Don’t Code the Fluffy Mackerel!
In 2009 I like to think I can cook pretty well when I put my mind to it — I began cooking in the late 70s under a chef’s tutelage… Cooking has some parallels to software development. (I think… I just made this up and it sounded good, so I am going to run with …
Feb 19
See, dictators aren’t all bad
Thanks to Uncle Bob’s twittering… This is pretty much how critical I consider completely automated builds you should be sure to watch this at home if you can’t get youtube at work! Share this:
Jan 27
Management By Magazine
Agile Project Management forum got this post: While on a business trip overseas last week I had an in-promptu meeting with a potential customer during which I explained to them the benefits of Agile. As result the excutives[sic] asked me to send them more info and a proposal. Upon my return to the USA I …
Mar 13
Clear Specs
A recent email underscores why written specs are never sufficient to communicate complete details. (Now, throw in that both parties are not communicating in their native languages…) Fair work, help for people Good time of day. You are disturbed by the charitable company Redd Cross of Slovenia. We have the business offer for you. We …
Nov 15
The Distributed Demo
A letter to the extended team/business/qa mailing list: There we were… 20 minutes to a 1pm demo. All was set the night before… some “safe” last-minute changes requested by the business analyst (Marc — in NJ). scrambling to figure out why we suddenly couldn’t get [insurance thingy] RQAs to open, or to rate when they …
Sep 18
Doofus Darts
Ever want to hand out “Doofus Darts” to your team? Anyone who accumulates more than 5 darts in an iteration gets hit with a rubber mallet and has to buy a round — of whatever. Up and down the team, from developer all the way down to the execs. Share this:
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