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"Regression defects kill companies"

This is Part 2 of a series I'm doing on TakeLessons. This is a video on Bad Code Smells - The Bloaters

Bad Code Smells - Part 2 (Bloaters) - TakeLessons This is part 2 of the series on bad code smells. This covers the bloaters. These are things in your code that make it unnecessarily large and unwieldy.

Here's Part 1 of a series I'm doing on TakeLessons for Bad Code Smells. More coming soon!

Bad Code Smells - Part 1 (Dispensables) - TakeLessons This is part 1 of a series on bad code smells. These are issues in code that are targets for refactoring. This covers the dispensables. This is code that should be removed, or never created.

A short course on dispelling some Agile misinformation. Agile is a set of values and principles, not a process.

Dispelling Agile Misinformation - TakeLessons Agile is a set of values and principles. It is not a process. I discuss the differences and walk you through the 4 values and 12 principles of Agile.

You don't need permission to write unit tests.

Hitting a release or iteration target is very problematic for new agile teams. The issue usually lies in weak agile processes. The root of the issue is understanding what work is left (the backlog) and how much work the team can do (velocity). Project estimation becomes a relatively simple and repeatable exercise once the team understands missing requirements and velocity.

Why you miss delivery targets. - Wm. Barrett Simms Hitting a release or iteration target is very problematic for new agile teams. The issue usually lies in weak agile processes. The root of the issue is understanding what work is left (the backlog) and how much work the team can do (velocity). Project estimation becomes a relatively simple and repea...

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Just published a NuGet package for a cool little data structure I miss from my Perl days.

PArray - It mimics Perl's excellent Array push/pop/shift/unshift features.

DevFoundries/PArray Contribute to DevFoundries/PArray development by creating an account on GitHub.

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