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If you know your shit, you don't need all the process wazz around you - it just happens.
Reminds me of: http://halfarsedagilemanifesto.org/
No, it's Programming, Motherfucker. There is no * in it.
I started LPTHW last night and I'm 14 exercises in. And I can't believe the same guy who wrote the most gentle programming book I've laid my hands on...is all about "Programming, Motherfuckers! We fucking do programming, motherfuckers!" You have achieved a zen I only dared dream of as a child.
"The path of the righteous programmer is beset on all sides by the inequities of the clueless and the tyranny of evil project managers. Blessed is he, who in the name of achievement and solid technology, shepherds the users through the valley of ineptitude, for he is truly his customer's keeper and the finder of lost solutions. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would at…
No, it's Programming, Motherfucker. There is no * in it.
I started LPTHW last night and I'm 14 exercises in. And I can't believe the same guy who wrote the most gentle programming book I've laid my hands on...is all about "Programming, Motherfuckers! We fucking do programming, motherfuckers!" You have achieved a zen I only dared dream of as a child.
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Zed is the ultimate troll whether it's intentional or not. He must spend a lot of time laughing at all the time & attention he gets for doing and saying silly things, things that people end up taking far too seriously. The fact that I'm here commenting on this story saddens me.
I'm just trying to brighten the day of my fellow work-slaves.
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Nothing really scales. There is no process that will allow 100 hacks to make a Michelangelo, if you want a Michelangelo you're going to have to fucking hire him. If this bullshit really worked then corporate IT departments would be the envy of every startup out there. If your software is late/buggy/whatever the solution is rarely adding people / process. It's usually removing people / process. Process is what allows…
Not necessarily. I was once working in a large software project (500+ people), which went off-track, and then some added processes helped to save it, like for example continuous preintegration and more rigorous testing before each check-in. I agree with the parent comment. "Just programming" looks nice on a manifesto, but you need processes when you want to scale.
If you are working with 500 programmers, they are likely to be mostly mediocre - the good ones would have run away screaming to better jobs.
Sure, if you have 500 mediocre programmers, you need to rope them in with systems. If you hire 5-10 great programmers, stand well clear and let them do their job.