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This is the way. Unit testing has become a cargo-cult where silly tests are written that don't prove anything works, are not used to guide the architecture (the original promise of…

> Plenty of people I've met had pretty finite wants. It was hyperbole, I'm sure there is a limit, but most people are nowhere near it. Your hypothetical content person with a small…

> I don’t think this is quite as guaranteed as people think. It is, actually. People have infinite wants. Productivity increases lead to lower prices in the sector where the produc…

The dig at Nokia for specifying the jurisdiction seems unfair. Licenses are just words on a screen: they mean what the court in a jurisdiction say they mean. Sue in the right juris…

It certainly seems rare for a book that is "pro-Christianity." But maybe that's just my own blind spot? Haven't read Morte d'Urban. It's on the list now, thanks!

Have had a Garmin Fenix for 4 years now. I will never again buy an Apple or Google smartwatch until they can complete on battery life.

> Study finds 94% of business spreadsheets have critical errors (phys.org) Business peeps: Oh no, we are in danger! Software engineers: (nodding wisely) Only 94% have critical erro…

A lot to like in here (the criticism of POs and agile certifications and treating the devs who build a system as lowly implementors is well placed), but there's nothing anti-agile …

I would add Rob Henderson's "luxury beliefs." But also... I think the bloggers account for "Parkinson's Law" is too simplistic. If it were just about procrastinators, it wouldn't b…

I end up re-reading "Brideshead, Revisited" about once a year. It's the rare Christian book where every single character (regardless of their relationship with Christianity) is bas…