I help businesses create valuable software.
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Jun 9
When an organization gets so focused on trying to "scale up" their development efforts that they forget to ask if their current development efforts are really something they want happening at scale.
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Jun 2
When teams pretend their requirements are so well written that the developers don't need to have a conversation with the customer and users.
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May 26
I need to check in this working code, but let me just make one more tiny change first.
Three hours later ...
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May 19
That section of code that obviously needs to be changed, but no one is brave enough to discover what might go wrong if they touch it...because there aren't any tests.
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May 12
When a method name is worded so you can't tell if it does what you want or the exact opposite.
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May 5
A team can work together to deliver working software the customer needs, or everyone can work on their part in isolation and just hope all the parts work together in the end.
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Apr 30
An email I received the other day. I appreciate their warm regards...
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Apr 28
When that developer who uses really poor variable and method names gets put in charge of naming streets.
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Apr 21
With AI we can create every single feature every user wants very quickly and make the perfect application for our business!
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Apr 14
Dell: Want to chat?
Me: No.
Dell: Want to chat now?
Me: No.
Dell: What about now?
Me: No.
Dell: I'm right here ready to chat!
Me: Not now.
Dell: Are you sure?
Me: Not right now.
Dell: Want to chat?
Me: Ok. I now have a question.
Dell: Sorry we don't have anyone working right now.
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Mark Shead retweeted
Apr 13
one reason AI may take longer to raise productivity than other technologies
is that it requires a heck of a lot of intelligence to figure out how to use more intelligence to improve your processes
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Mar 31
a: We have a fix we want to deploy.
b: Has it been tested?
a: Yes.
b: So do the tests show it will fix the problem?
a: No. The problem is still there.
b: ???
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