Saying goodbye to Agile

#1

Post by matrixhelix » Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 4:45 AM UTC

Saying goodbye to Agile
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Re: Saying goodbye to Agile

#2

Post by smackeyacky » Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 5:25 AM UTC

And good riddance too.

Agile was always aiming to solve the wrong problem (that code is the bottleneck) but it turned out to be a massive lie exposed by LLMs.

It’s always the poor specs, terrible analysis and release constraints that kill projects.

Re: Saying goodbye to Agile

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Post by mrloba » Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 5:27 AM UTC

I really doubt spec driven development is gonna last. As before, creating working software and iterating on it is faster and makes it easier to understand what you thought you wanted but don't, even if it's vibe coded. So, hello agile, welcome back.

Re: Saying goodbye to Agile

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Post by EugeneOZ » Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 5:28 AM UTC

Absolutely awesome, thank you, Lewis!

Re: Saying goodbye to Agile

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Post by DeathArrow » Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 5:29 AM UTC

I wonder if there is no AI product yet which runs scrum ceremonies, assigns user stories in planning and computes story point velocity after the sprint ends.

Re: Saying goodbye to Agile

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Post by DeathArrow » Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 5:30 AM UTC

smackeyacky wrote: post #2

And good riddance too. Agile was always aiming to solve the wrong problem (that code is the bottleneck) but it turned out to be a massive lie exposed by LLMs. It’s always the poor specs, terrible analysis and release constraints that kill projects.

>It’s always the poor specs, terrible analysis and release constraints that kill projects.

So most of the problems are related to business people and not the development teams? Who would have guessed?

Re: Saying goodbye to Agile

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Post by mnsc » Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 5:31 AM UTC

Oh no, the kids are going to invent agile again aren't they?

Re: Saying goodbye to Agile

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Post by zer00eyz » Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC

Someone once described agile as this: Its just pantomime and posit notes... implying that the process (from the outside) was more performative than anything else.

From "scrum masters" to "planing poker" it's all very silly.

Re: Saying goodbye to Agile

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Post by DeathArrow » Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC

mrloba wrote: post #3

I really doubt spec driven development is gonna last. As before, creating working software and iterating on it is faster and makes it easier to understand what you thought you wanted but don't, even if it's vibe coded. So, hello agile, welcome back.

I think there is some good middle ground between spec driven development and iterations, like Compound Engineering. https://github.com/EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin

Re: Saying goodbye to Agile

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Post by k__ » Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC

smackeyacky wrote: post #2

And good riddance too. Agile was always aiming to solve the wrong problem (that code is the bottleneck) but it turned out to be a massive lie exposed by LLMs. It’s always the poor specs, terrible analysis and release constraints that kill projects.

"Agile was always aiming to solve the wrong problem (that code is the bottleneck)"

No, it aimed to solve the "out specs are bad and we need to iterate faster" problem.

"a massive lie exposed by LLMs"

No. LLMs add no insight about the problem and they expose nothing. They just help to engage this well-known problem with another tool.