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Ain’t nobody got time for that.
Damned if you do, and damned if you don’t. Sometimes, I feel caught in that conundrum. Especially when it comes to things like planning meetings, or retrospectives. If we stop to plan better, we lose development time, but we should make up that time by doing the work properly the first time. If we stop…
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Being proud of ugly babies
Every once in a while, we finish something we think is awesome. Shiny. Spectacular. Perfect in every way. A tiny little flawless newborn code-baby, clearly demanding your adoration and unbounded love. And then the client doesn’t like it. “Take that head off,” they say. “Paste it to the stomach, and then put both arms on…