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The Duct-Tape Programmer Explained

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Krishna

Hope you had the time to read through all the essays linked to in yesterday’s post about the reactions to Joel Spolsky’s article “The Duct-Tape Programmer”. Here is my take on it. The use of the words “Duct-Tape” was only … Continue reading →

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All About the Duct-Tape Programmer

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Krishna

The programming blogosphere exploded to Joel Spolsky’s controversial article “The Duct Tape Programmer” which, as Joel said on Twitter, was meant to provoke people: Of course, nobody would read that or link to it. So I have to embellish. “Duct … Continue reading →

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Avoiding Software Car Wrecks

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Krishna

I.M. Wright’s post on risk management is worth reading: Software engineers do this all the time. They come up with a development schedule, unexpected issues come up, and they end up being late. Instead of informing their managers of the … Continue reading →

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Serialize Your Projects

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Krishna

Stephan Schmidt explains how doing several projects in parallel is counter-productive because of the high overhead costs involved. Projects must be tracked much longer, more documents are produced and must be tracked. All those status messages aggregate, flow upwards toward … Continue reading →

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Quality and Deadlines

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Krishna

In my previous post on software quality, I said that it was wrong to argue that quality lowers cost without talking about transition costs. There is also another dimension that we must consider, which is the calendar time taken for … Continue reading →

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