Not Worth Knowing

“For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.” :: H.L. Mencken Ode to the Software Developer Fingers fly across the keyboard. The greenscreen letters and numbers, looking more like an eruption of alphabet soup than anything else, cascade down the screen. The moovees show the letters and numbers projected onto the […]

We’ve Been Wrong for Fifty Years

When any critical eye sweeps over the software development landscape, even a cursory look reveals dysfunction, misunderstanding, failure, incompetence, and distrust. It’s no one person or one group’s fault. Those managers closest to the problem, like agile coaxers and scrum lords, refuse to see, or even acknowledge the pain and suffering in the development community. […]