The Six Questions
Even if you don't care about the answers, you still need to know what they are
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Blame
A pointless, destructive way to vent anger when you've got a real problem
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Chesterton's fence
The "why" of code
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Fibonacci estimates
The meeting where everything's made up and the points don't matter
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Rocket science, by any other name, would be just as hard
Unfortunately, the reality of a project doesn't get easier just because it's called something else
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Waterfallgile
The worst possible way to manage a project
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Stretching the "Tech Debt" Metaphor, Part 2: Escaping the hole
Just like financial debt, escape is possible if you act before it's too late
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Stretching the "Tech Debt" Metaphor, Part 1: Calculated Risk vs Desperation
Sometimes, you gotta take on tech debt to keep the lights on.
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