Tim Doherty

Software Architect at @procoretech, avid SCUBA diver, underwater photographer, organizer of @sbjavascript, father, husband, musician

[Tim Doherty @TimCDoherty]

My talk from @JSConfUS 2019 "TDCD: Test Driven Component Development" is live!

[JSConf US @JSConfUS]

TDCD: Test Driven Component Development by @TimCDoherty

https://t.co/xrTiFtJ05o

[Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub]

Here's all that matters when it comes to Agile—everything else is complete crap:

"We are uncovering better ways of developing
software by doing it"

It's entirely about learning based on experience. Uncovering, not uncovered.

"Individuals and interactions over processes and tools"

Rituals, ceremonies, Sprints, SMs, POs, various meetings. NONE of that is useful. Dump it all. Talk to people. Get feedback. Pay attention.

"Working software"

Anything that's not directly putting working software into customer's hands is just waste. Stop it.

"Responding to change over following a plan"

We learn as we work, we adapt based on what we learn.

That's it. Anybody who says "Agile" is anything other than that is selling you snake oil. Any corporation that's calling anything other than the above "Agile" is either delusional or evil.

[Dune Quotes @DuneQuoteBot]

Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.

[Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub]

"Agile" is not a code word for some rigid corporate process. It's in the dictionary. It means flexible, nimble, &c. Look it up!

[Tim Ottinger @tottinge]

if your brother put dog poo in your milkshake, your problem is not with milkshakes.

"Agile is terrible and must die" posts are really about the poo and the brother, but they're written as if all milkshakes are poo milkshakes.

[Tim Doherty @TimCDoherty]

JSConf Budapest, happening right now

[Tim Doherty @TimCDoherty]

@jsconfbp day one starts in 5...

[Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub]

"Technical Debt" stems from doing the best job you possibly can, but later on you learn something that makes that code have a large 🤮 factor. It's inevitable. As Ward Cunningham says, refactor the code by replacing it with the code you would have written if you know what you now now. Bugs are just crappy programming (e.g. without sufficient automated unit tests), not technical debt.

[JSNation | The key JS conference @thejsnation]

JS Summer Time Conference in Amsterdam🌞

50 speakers to inspire you, 1.5K attendees to meet, the biggest JS party to dance,💃sing in karaoke, 🎤 and just unwind.

Save the dates: June 13-17🎉 An experience you won't regret: https://t.co/iAziWahbBn

[Tim Doherty @TimCDoherty]

@tlakomy Scrum != agile

[Matt Popovich @mpopv]

PARENTS: Be sure to check your kids' candy bars for Next.js 14 server actions. My four-year-old nearly got write access to the production db

[Tim Doherty @TimCDoherty]

This.

[Mark Dalgleish @markdalgleish]

If you think devs tend to overly focus on trivialities, I’d argue it’s often a symptom of a fractured team.

Someone else has the product ideas.
Someone else does the UX research.
Someone else designs the product.

Devs want to have agency. They’ll exercise it on whatever’s left.

[Tim Doherty @TimCDoherty]

Call for Proposals for JSConf Colombia 2023 - 10th anniversary and Final edition is open on Sessionize and I've just submitted another session! https://t.co/aj8ufLjNLa

[Tim Doherty @TimCDoherty]

Call for Proposals for JSConf Colombia 2023 - 10th anniversary and Final edition is open on Sessionize and I've just submitted a session! https://t.co/aj8ufLjNLa

[Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub]

A: Show me data that proves that mob/ensemble programming works.
B: Show me data that proves that whatever you're doing now works!
A: Erm…

[Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub]

Henrick Kniberg's picture on the left is often used to illustrate agile dev, but I think it's fundamentally misleading. It's an evolution, not a radical change to the type of vehicle. I prefer the picture on the right. 1/1