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It's possible to start agile projects without requirements but with loads of user research and prototyping instead.

DbFit ( http://dbfit.github.io/dbfit/ ) provides a more heavy-weight, but much more scalable alternative to raw SQL for testing CTEs.

There is monopolistic/market manipulating behaviour going on - it's basically an oligopoly, and the barrier to entry into the mobile telecoms market (ie building your network) is o…

The UK is adopting a similar approach: http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/2013/01/17/identity-beyo...

Well ok, the GOV.UK is the 80+% solution for publishing; transactions is another matter, although hopefully when the Digital by Default Service Standard starts kicking in (specific…

Well, the GOV.UK code ( https://www.github.com/alphagov ) is your 80% (or more likely higher) solution. It's based around many micro-services that integrate over HTTP, so it's extr…

Grassroots sounds nice, but the hard work isn't writing the code - it's convincing those within government that user-centered services and open source are the way to go. I believe …

What's a 'tittle'?

> Holding someone else to your own arbitrary standards of acceptability is exactly what I'm referring to when I say these sort of complaints usually ignore the possibility that som…

> I even considered not submitting this comment, for fear of anyone misunderstanding or taking this the wrong way, and the inevitable "open source is a responsibility" responses. I…

I've taken over the maintenance for a project a few months ago and have tried to stick as closely as I can to what I wrote about. I've also used the pull request hack, it's a reall…

I definitely didn't want to imply that "you should merge any ol' crap". I was commenting more on how maintainers communicate (or don't communicate) their feedback. I see no problem…