kbknight

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by kbknight 1y ago
This is the way. Unit testing has become a cargo-cult where silly tests are written that don't prove anything works, are not used to guide the architecture (the original promise of "London School testing" was that all these l
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by kbknight 2y ago
> Plenty of people I've met had pretty finite wants. It was hyperbole, I'm sure there is a limit, but most people are nowhere near it. Your hypothetical content person with a small apartment isn't prepared to sacrifice for
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by kbknight 2y ago
> I don’t think this is quite as guaranteed as people think. It is, actually. People have infinite wants. Productivity increases lead to lower prices in the sector where the productivity increases happened. Lower prices lead people to s
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by kbknight 2y ago
The dig at Nokia for specifying the jurisdiction seems unfair. Licenses are just words on a screen: they mean what the court in a jurisdiction say they mean. Sue in the right jurisdiction. Entire paragraphs can be scratched out (and whole p
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by kbknight 2y ago
It certainly seems rare for a book that is "pro-Christianity." But maybe that's just my own blind spot? Haven't read Morte d'Urban. It's on the list now, thanks!
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by kbknight 2y ago
Have had a Garmin Fenix for 4 years now. I will never again buy an Apple or Google smartwatch until they can complete on battery life.
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by kbknight 2y ago
> Study finds 94% of business spreadsheets have critical errors (phys.org) Business peeps: Oh no, we are in danger! Software engineers: (nodding wisely) Only 94% have critical errors? Not bad!
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by kbknight 2y ago
A lot to like in here (the criticism of POs and agile certifications and treating the devs who build a system as lowly implementors is well placed), but there's nothing anti-agile about having a plan. Healthy agile is not having no pla
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by kbknight 2y ago
I would add Rob Henderson's "luxury beliefs." But also... I think the bloggers account for "Parkinson's Law" is too simplistic. If it were just about procrastinators, it wouldn't be as useful. Deadlines (e
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by kbknight 2y ago
I end up re-reading "Brideshead, Revisited" about once a year. It's the rare Christian book where every single character (regardless of their relationship with Christianity) is basically screwed up.