Agility!
Allen HolubThoughts on better ways to build software.
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“Data Processing” Is An Antique
Back in the 1980's, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, people defined programs as data flowing between multiple processing units or functions, each manipulating or otherwise using the data as it passed through. Languages like COBOL supported...
"It Works" Is Not Enough
If you really want to vibe code or otherwise treat AI-generated code as a black box, your tests have to be immaculate and extensive. For example, are you testing for all of the following (not an exhaustive list and in no particular order)?...
Login Is Not A User Story
A periodic reminder that Login is not a user story. (And no, putting it into that ridiculous Connextra format "as a user I want to log in" does not magically transform it into one. Putting it on a ticket doesn't transform it into a story, e...
The Last Responsible Moment
If you have to write it down, you're collecting the information too early.
The concept is "last responsible moment." Collect the information you need to build something at the last responsible moment.
When people try to justify ba...
#NoBacklog
A backlog is a collection of work items that you do not have the capacity to build. (If you did have the capacity, you'd just build them.) It's a black hole where work goes to die. The only way to alleviate that logjam is to increase capaci...
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