Linkopedia July 2010
Published July 26th, 2010 Under Links | Leave a Comment
Blog: Thoughts on two months of pairing
Blog: Why I Don’t Like Pair Programming (and Why I Left Pivotal)
Blog: MSTest vs. NUnit with Visual Studio 2010 & TDD
Blog: Relational Data, Document Databases and Schema Design
Blog: Achieving Agility: Means to an End, or End in Itself
Blog: Lessons learned in building a Model Driven Software Factory
Humor: JavaZone 2010 Promotion Movie
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The Toilet Paper Theory Applied To Software Development
Published January 7th, 2008 Under Humour, Software Development | 4 Comments
There are many configurations for developers to work together, but one of the common things that you will share with your colleagues is the toilet. Visiting the lavatories is also something that you will most likely to do every day. You could think of this as an intimate and mandatory version of the continuous integration paradigm. The toilet paper is one of the essential and ephemeral resources for this activity. Benjamin Franklin is quoted to have said “In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.” I would personally add a third thing: toilet paper rolls reaching the end of their existence. What follows this event could give you an interesting view on the culture of the hosting organization and how its developers are working. Read more