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It sometimes even means automatic running of scripts that aren't even tests, like automatically generating html from markdown on push. You could say that's continuous deployment, not CI, but you'd be fighting a losing battle. The yml file you wrote to run the deploy, what do you call it? It's a "CI script".
Ok so ignoring something exists solves the problem? C’mon. Try harder.
> "Agile: Nope, this one’s in the bin, I’m afraid. It used to mean “not waterfall” and now means “waterfall with a status meeting every day and an internal demo every two weeks”. We have to find a new way to discuss the idea that maybe we focus on the working software and not on the organisational bureaucracy…" Yup. :-(
May be we should try 1990's style waterfall dev shop. Play Radiohead and Pearl Jam in the office. Everyone wears shorts + tennis shoes with super long white socks. Monthly powerpoint updates on how things are going, PM gets to have some fun with sharpie markers to tick off checkboxes next to each feature that was planned. Dedicated QA department, and they have the coolest arcade machine, it is the Street Fighter mach…
Oh man, I wish most of this would go away. RE: Agile 'We have to find a new way to discuss the idea that maybe we focus on the working software and not on the organisational bureaucracy, and that way does not involve the word…' Which is rather hilarious, because the only people I ever hear use the word agile are the beaurocrats. RE: DevOps, I still don't know what it actually means. When I first heard the term, it wa…
If this were a comment on HN, I would give it one of my rare downvotes. It's dismissive and negative without any compensating value or positivity. Maybe suggestions of terms to use?
Of all the stuff that is happening with technology today, especially with social media, this is what triggers you?
They seem to be treated as synonymous but aren't, and are a very strong sign that the person using them isn't good at UI because UI is substantially about clarity (at its core), or just none too bright and willing absorb buzzwords without understanding them.
"The user experience (UX or UE) is how a user interacts with and experiences a product, system or service. It includes a person's perceptions of utility, ease of use, and efficiency"
or
"According to Nielsen Norman Group, 'user experience' includes all the aspects of the interaction between the end-user with the company, its services, and its products"
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_experience
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and
"In the industrial design field of human–computer interaction, a user interface (UI) is the space where interactions between humans and machines occur. The goal of this interaction is to allow effective operation and control of the machine from the human end, while the machine simultaneously feeds back information that aids the operators' decision-making process
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User interfaces are composed of one or more layers, including a human-machine interface (HMI) that interfaces machines with physical input hardware such as keyboards, mice, or game pads, and output hardware such as computer monitors, speakers, and printers"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_interface
If I were hiring for a UI role and found somebody talked about UI/UX but couldn't explain or distinguish the difference, that would be a strong mark against them.
"Full stack" (except when referring to someone who can do everything from CPU design and assembly programming right up to UI work)
Full stack means you can build a web based app alone, that involves databases, backend, server management (this one is arguable), frontend development and design. No need to go lower really.
Oh man, I wish most of this would go away. RE: Agile 'We have to find a new way to discuss the idea that maybe we focus on the working software and not on the organisational bureaucracy, and that way does not involve the word…' Which is rather hilarious, because the only people I ever hear use the word agile are the beaurocrats. RE: DevOps, I still don't know what it actually means. When I first heard the term, it wa…
DevOps has in my experience become full stack + server maintenance + misc tool development.
If this were a comment on HN, I would give it one of my rare downvotes. It's dismissive and negative without any compensating value or positivity. Maybe suggestions of terms to use?
Genuine question. Why bother downvoting, and not just move along? Perhaps there should be a button for 'disagree strongly'.
A button for 'disagree strongly' should upvote a comment.
When Einstein and Niels Bohr 'strongly disagree' on quantum physics in 1927, they start a debate that makes both of them more enlightened.
When a bullshit artist, who couldn't care less about the truth, hijack a discussion to make it all about Him (it's almost always a dude), everyone become dumber.
"Moving along" is not enough because the amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude larger than is needed to produce it.
You need to actually downvote and hide it.
Strong disagree on "technical debt" Rather, the entire world is built on it and there's some level of acceptance required, but we definitely need a shorthand phrase for "we're doing something stupid that will save us time now and make us hate ourselves a year from now" Edit: thinking on it, also "devops". It's really job title for "sysadmin but paid and owned by the software department to keep ITs fingers out of ever…
It's called a short-sighted decision.