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General Law of Laptop Relativity
Just thought I’d document an important recent scientific finding of mine. Code about which somebody says “I’ve already got it running on my laptop” will, when moved to a work machine, be found to not function. There is clearly some kind of relativistic effect going on here which is specific to the frame-of-reference of one’s […]
Atlassian User Group Hits Sydney HQ
While the Atlassian User Groups have been popping up all around the globe, here at Atlassian Headquarters in Sydney we have yet to host an AUG. That is until now. In a little over a month, in time for a much awaited southern hemisphere springtime, Atlassian’s Sydney offices will host the inaugural Sydney Atlassian User […]
The Simpleton Pattern
If you do your own research you may be led to believe that Simpleton is an anti-pattern. It has also been noted that Simpleton is best suited to the BBM architectural style. Some engineers at Atlassian maintain that the Simpleton characterises properties of developers themselves rather than of the software.
Conferences That Don't Suck and You
Atlassian and NFJS activate a fluff-free titillating partnership of unsuck for developers developers developers developers.
Atlassian Agile Process part 4
In this final part of my series on Atlassian Agile Process I wrap up and reveal XP’s fundamental weakness. Oh and I cover socoipaths! And Ninjas. But no pirates. See also Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. Some Other XP Practices Let me get the rest of XP out of the way. Sustainable Work […]