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Outsourcing we will go Creating great software is difficult. But it’s the realisation of everything marketing and branding talk about, so never, ever, ever, give it to someone else to do.

Methodologies Suck Formally structuring what you do is great, because it helps anyone somewhat removed from the project quickly understand where you are. It also helps establish some sense of repeatability and an opportunity to continuously improve. But don’t get caught up in the methodology madness.

The engineer that wasnt there Turns out that the term software engineer, was never really meant to be adopted by coders. It was used as a challenge to developers at a NATO conference in 1968 to be more structured and methodical.

Are You Sitting Comfortably A brief introduction to the concepts of narratology, and why they can help you do better presentations.

Seeing the Spoon A kick-off article for the site in general, or why I decided to get a few things of my chest

Agile: From Punk Upstart to Corporate Conformist The year is 2001. A ragtag crew of software developers and thought leaders hold a gathering in a ski lodge to draft a proclamation. They dub it Agile - a rebellious manifesto pushing back againt the established norms breaking free from traditional waterfall style