Reality Loop

June 14, 2013
TidBit: Putting an architect in a scrum team is like putting mayonaise in cake

Christin Gorman is my hero! After her Hibernate bashing she now follows up with baking analogies applied to the current state of Scrum: Putting an architect in a scrum team is like putting mayonaise in cake Putting an architect in a scrum team is...
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May 31, 2013
Opinions: JavaScript

Can you spot the differences: I'm convinced there is a need to replace JavaScript. - Martin Fowler JavaScript was that component of the Web that everybody underestimated. - Douglas Crockford JavaScript is fast becoming a serious contender...
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May 27, 2013
Postagile: A large Scrum backlog is like a big pile of underpants

We were used to getting shit done … then they told us about Agile. - Hadi Hariri, NDC 2012 If your product backlog contains more than 50 Stories, there probably are inconsistencies due to lack of comprehensiveness. - Urs Enzler on twitte...
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May 23, 2013
Quotes of the Week: Complexity

We complify where we should simplicate. - Dan North, Hard Things Made Easy Somewhere in the history of building web applications on the JVM, adding layers somehow became part of the solution without being seen as a problem...
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May 17, 2013
Myco: My first iOS App is in the iTunes Store

My colleague Stefan created Myco / Pilzkenner for Windows Phone.The App won the "Best Windows Phone Apps" award in the Microsoft Switzerland App Award 2013. We partnered up and I ported the app to iOS. Myco is now available in the iTunes Store. T...
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