Git is magic, but sometimes it drives my crazy with all that power causing strange situations and clean-up work. The magic of git is that it is (nearly?) always possible to clean up the mess and get back to a good state. The problem is that there are A LOT of commands to master. This… Continue reading Git Branch Clean-up Adventures
Author: Anders Abel
Why did we lose the XP Practices?
Nowadays everyone is agile. Or at least they say. Most organisations use Scrum. Or they claim to do it, while still doing waterfall. But why is the industry so focused on Scrum? What happened to eXtreme Programming? Why did we loose the XP practices? Are they too extreme? The first agile methodology I heard of… Continue reading Why did we lose the XP Practices?
The Windows Desktop is Legacy
Watching the Build Keynote it is clear that the “Modern” style of applications are here to stay. The desktop is now legacy. For the consumer market it is already happening as new PCs with Windows 8 are sold. For businesses, it is more complicated since many businesses are still on Windows 7 (or even deploying… Continue reading The Windows Desktop is Legacy
Mob Documenting
This is a guest post from Håkan Rudelius. I’ve been working with Håkan for the last few months at Com Hem (Sweden’s major cable operator) and the discussions with him have been a great inspiration for me on agile, lean and team building. A friend of mine, Jan, who is consulting at a major telecom… Continue reading Mob Documenting
Speaking at NDC 2014
I’m honoured to have two sessions approved for NDC 2014 in Oslo in June. I’ll be talking on “Strangling the Legacy out of an Application” and “Using the Scrum Rules Against your Boss”. If you are a frequent reader of my blog you know that diving deep into the code and using agile methods are… Continue reading Speaking at NDC 2014