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YAGNI – You Ain’t Going to Need It – anyway.

November 6, 2011 by

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  In the midst of some infrastructure / application remediation work for a great client in Omaha (insurance company) the concept of YAGNI came to mind.   There’s a couple of quick reads for you. First a sort of “anti hero” opinion piece from one of the early members of Borland (Mike Rozlog) who apparently still holds […]

Agile Principle 3 – Deliver Work Frequently

February 6, 2011 by

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Steve McConnell (Borland, Independent, then Microsoft) and Philippe Kahn (Borland founder) are two notable software engineers from the late 1980’s to present day. They  introduced the concept of a daily build and smoke test in the late 80’s while at Borland.  Its ability to roll out cutting edge development tools (Turbo Pascal first, Paradox second) […]