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Managing the Uncertainty of Legacy Code: Part 3
Refactoring without tests carries risk, so take it seriously, but don’t let it block you entirely.
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Managing the Uncertainty of Legacy Code: Part 2
The role of exploratory refactoring and Approval Tests in rescuing legacy code.
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Managing the Uncertainty of Legacy Code: Part 1
It’s hard to know where to start. It’s hard to know whether to start at all!
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Broadcast from OBS Studio To Everything In Linux
Unleashing the power of OBS Studio in Zoom sounded fantastic… until I learned that the VirtualCam plugin that I needed only worked on Windows… except that I stumbled upon a Linux solution and wanted to make it easier for you to find!
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Lasting Change Demands Alignment
Alignment on fundamental organizational objectives will constrain how effectively you adopt changes to the way you work. Without alignment, success comes in the form of temporary compliance and failure lurks around every corner.
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Questions from the Legacy of SoCraTes 2020
Dealing with wayward micro-commits, why I prefer not to check e-mail in the morning, and one little piece of good news to come out of the COVID-19 radical realignment of workers.
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Questions from "The Well-Balanced Programmer", DevTernity 2019 Conference
I spoke at DevTernity 2019 in Riga on the topic “The Well-Balanced Programmer”. Here are answers to the audience questions that I didn’t have the opportunity to answer on stage.
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Questions from 'The Selfish Team Player' at Agile Tour Lithuania 2019
I spoke at Agile Tour Lithuania 2019 in Vilnius on the topic “The Selfish Team Player”. Here are answers to the audience questions that I didn’t have the opportunity to answer on stage.
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The Coming Battle About Psychological Safety
Psychological safety is helpful. No, it’s awesome! No, it’s evil! You’re doing it wrong! Well, we tried. What? Are you still talking about that stuff?
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Agile's Hyperproductivity X-Prize
A small group at IBM has found a shortcut to hyperproductivity. (Humor, in case that wasn’t clear.)
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Sooner, Not Faster Revisited
Over a decade after I first heard it, “sooner, not faster” remains one of quickest ways I know to explain one of the key points of lightweight software development.
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XP: My Greatest Misses, 2000-2009
Instead of my greatest hits, this is a collection of my greatest misses: ten big mistakes that I made early in my career. I believe that I’ve learned from these mistakes. Perhaps you can relate to some of them. Perhaps you can learn from them, too.