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And in a few years they will come up with a new process of which we will all love to work by. It will be that process that developers embrace so openly.
Agile is no longer a process which allows to do our job but a cool word which business people can use when wondering why projects aren't completed on time. "we weren't Agile.... they weren't Agile... we need to become Agile... blah blah"
where should I put the soapbox now that I am done with it??
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Oh, thanks for the soapbox, just what I needed.
What also irks me is attending project kick-off meetings where someone always begins with a statement that we'll use Agile rather than Waterfall and then spends at least ten minutes explaining both and why Agile is better. Followed by a completely erroneous description of Scrum. Project after project after project, the same shtuff which everyone in the room has already heard many many many times. 
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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It's all true if we talk about an experiment in a laboratory - the real life is something completely different...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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In theory there is no difference between theory in practice.
In practice there is.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Old but 100% true.
Then there are the consultants coming in with a basic waterfall development approach, but advertised to the PHBs as "our own modified and extended version of Agile"...
According to my calculations, I should be able to retire about 5 years after I die.
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Frank Alviani wrote: consultants
"If you're not part of the solution, there's good money to be made in prolonging the problem." -- Despair Inc.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Unfortunately they often use "agile" as nickname for chaos and lack of any plan... 
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"My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."
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Ah, that's part of my new patented methodology, The Snafu Methodology.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Imagine experiencing a clicking sensation when pressing an on-screen button, sensing the weight of folders when dragging and dropping, and perhaps even feeling the texture of a sweater for sale online. "Feel the magic, hear the roar!"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "Feel the magic, hear the roar!"
I'm thunderstruck at this.
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I remember a movie back in the 20th century that extolled the use of the new "Feelaround" technology. It was a spoof on "Surroundsound" but now I wonder...
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Sadly can we all imagine what the first application of "Feelaround" technology might be.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Apple is said to be preparing for a September 9 iPhone event this year, at which we’ll likely see the next generation iPhone devices Translation into fanboyish: OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG
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A research team at the University of Washington pushes forward with technology that uses radio frequency for power. Where did I put my tin-foil hat?
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It’s far too often that I see people shying away from newest technologies in the spirit of backwards compatibility. Yeah, don't bother about maintenance, just do "File, New Project" with the latest shiny. Your customers will thank you.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: just do "File, New Project" with the latest shiny
Yes, and have it be able to access the legacy data; any legacy code is probably quite stale at this point in time and better to have new and shiny...
"I've seen more information on a frickin' sticky note!" - Dave Kreskowiak
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Oh, no. Next step is to create new data. Legacy data is anthrax. Or maybe thrush. 
TTFN - Kent
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It is not always the best option to convert legacy system to new shiny stuff.... I recently converted system that was running on BASIC to .NET and for end users who are so used to with the DOS based look and feel and keyboard short cuts it was bit of a challenge embarrassing the power of web based UI....
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Math is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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I must concur, the state of new web-based UI is embarrassing.
(I suspect, however, you actually meant embracing, sadly).
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Totally. All that stale, old, tested, well-understood, debugged and fire-hardened code.
Who needs it!
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Time to fire your old employees and hire new ones. 
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I've come to the conclusion that, for me, ORMs are more detriment than benefit. In short, they can be used to nicely augment working with SQL in a program, but they should not replace it. Leaky abstractions oftimes leak
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Agreed...too many abstractions are bad for your health.
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Amen! I dabbled with an ORM just once, but no thank you for an extra layer of indirection, problems and learning curve! Plus there are a zillion of ORM's out there which are non-standardized, while SQL is a standard that every programmer is somewhat familiar with. I don't mind writing SQL at all, and the basic CRUD stuff you can easily generate with some code generator.
Wout
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Microsoft has officially squashed all the rumors that suggested existence of 'Windows 8.1 Update 2.' Though, the company will deliver security patches and small tweaks through its monthly Patch Tuesday update. The rumour mill has been missing a lot lately. Almost makes me want to start ignoring them
Yes, I'm a tabloid.
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