- RT @lazycoder: "Agile Punks go write an app". http://t.co/Jr5icSpd "While you’ve been worrying about your BDD adverbs the iFart dev just ... 2 hours ago
- OH: No i'm not refactoring on red, well yes I am. - @garybernhardt #seattleSC 4 hours ago
- Roman Numeral Kata done by @jimweirich https://t.co/qcwjDh9Z #seattleSC 4 hours ago
- Hanging out with some coworkers at the first #seattleSC meeting. 4 hours ago
- RT @CwtchyKate: I've just had a random text asking for a naked picture. Unknown source. I sent them this http://t.co/es5B5XuT 7 hours ago
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Category Archives: Commentary
Refactoring Javascript with Derick Bailey
Posted by on November 8, 2011
I have subscribed to Derick Bailey’s blog for several years. He is one of my favorite Los Techies. I think he has a firm understanding of agile development practices and is one of the many progressive .NET developers to jump ship and start doing Rails development. So I was pretty excited to see he was [...]
My Ideal Development Shop
Posted by on October 25, 2011
Adron Hall posted “My Top 4 Ideal Dev Shop & Product Characteristics, Yours?” to his blog the other day and solicited responses from other developers he knows, including your truly. I wanted to take some time to think about it and put my thoughts in order before responding, so I started a draft blog post. [...]
Are You of South Asian Descent?
Posted by on October 7, 2011
As a professional software developer, I have worked with many folks over the years whose families came from or are still in countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, and Sri Lanka. If you happen to be one and you read my blog please consider becoming a bone marrow donor. For this particular segment [...]
It Is How Others See Your Accomplishments That Matter
Posted by on June 23, 2011
As I leave my amazing team at Russell to take on new challenges with a new team at Milliman, it is good to look back at what I have accomplished here. It is even better to see the appreciation of the value I helped to deliver to Russell. Bobby Johnson has had a large impact [...]
Why drop the I if you’re going to just add an Impl?
Posted by on April 26, 2011
I was perusing the TopShelf source code this morning, trying to track down a change in the hosting API, when I discovered that the TopShelf team has succumbed to the new drop the ‘I’ in interface names meme. It’s new to the .NET scene anyway, the java guys have been doing it for a while [...]
James Shore & Diana Larsen’s Proficiencies of Planning
Posted by on February 10, 2011
During Agile Open Northwest, James Shore and Diana Larsen held a session called Proficiencies of Planning. They presented a concept they had been discussing to the group of standing room only people and solicited feedback and input. This blog post is what James posted after the conference. I felt this was one of the best [...]
When Changing Your Environment Might Mean a Change in You
Posted by on January 8, 2011
On the ALT.NET mailing list, Wayne posted a very frustrated message about his experience working on teams that do not see eye to eye with him on how software should be built. Like me, Wayne has discovered a whole new world of technology and practices that excite him and feed his passion for being a [...]
Reading Apprenticeship Patterns by Dave Hoover and Adewale Oshineye
Posted by on May 2, 2010
I started reading Apprenticeship Patterns today after Dave Hoover suggested it to me during a Twitter conversation while he was attending ObtivaCon. It’s a great read so far, I wish someone had handed it to me 10 years ago. Here are some choice quotes thanks to my handy Kindle. Apprenticeship makes a difference because [...]
The Day the LOLcats Died