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Technical Debt vs. Releasing Early
Posted by David Bland in agile, lean, startups on July 23, 2009
Technical Debt is a phase coined by Ward Cunningham to help illustrate the pros / cons of releasing software in a quick & dirty fashion vs a long term, cleaner solution. In a nutshell, technical debt is much like financial debt, as it incurs interest in the way of level of effort over time. Financial [...]
Why is that Programmer Crying?
Posted by David Bland in project management, startups on July 2, 2009
Disclaimer: I witnessed this first hand as a junior software engineer several years ago. This is a stark reminder of how a neglected team member can suffer both professionally and personally. The names have been changed for privacy, and this person did not report to me. It was early 2001, when Ben walked into the [...]
