Parker Whittle CHC

Slinging code for a living since 1989. Got started with agile/XP in 2004. Generally prone to raising rabble in corporate environs.

[Sasha Czarkowski 🇺🇦 @DivineOps]

This tweet from @lizthegrey hit home a little too hard for me

#observability #monitoring

@mattstratton @devopsdaysnyc #devopsdays

[Parker Whittle CHC @ChcParker]

After I learned TDD, most of my teams' interfaces emerged from the Dependency Injection used to isolate code under test from its environment/services external to the team.

[Parker Whittle CHC @ChcParker]

I just had this conversation with a team I was training last week on devops, agile, and TDD. Before I learned TDD, defining the interfaces was the best way I knew to organize the work of a team, and I even referenced Wirth.

[Kent Beck 🌻 @KentBeck]

I see team development as cycling frequently between "independent implementation" and "definition of interfaces", because I never get the interfaces right.

Book link: https://t.co/Y8LesU8GJT

Great geeky experience of being in the presence of deep, clear thought.

[Neil Killick @neil_killick]

☑️ Objective = What you want
☑️ Outcome = What happens, in or out of line with the objective
☑️ Output = What you produce to try and effect a positive outcome
☑️ Throughput = How much value-creating output you produce
❌ Number of story points delivered = None of the above

[Parker Whittle CHC @ChcParker]

@jasongorman @threadreaderapp
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[Dust-to-Digital @dusttodigital]

Remembering David Bowie on what would have been his 73rd birthday. Here he is speaking about the internet in 1999.

[@[email protected] [email protected] @lukadotnet]

This below is one slide about SAFe presented by Nicolas M. Chaillan, @NicolasChaillan, U.S. Air Force Chief Software Officer, as part of the event: DoD Enterprise DevSecOps Initiative Ask Me Anything. 1/5

#SAFeNoThanks

[Uncle Bob Martin @unclebobmartin]

Types really shine in refactoring IDEs. The over-specification inherent with types gives the IDE a lot to work with and makes complex automatic refactorings possible and practical.

[Daniel Rusnok @DanielRusnok]

I just published "How to safely extend your legacy code? Part I" Article mentions the book by @mfeathers. Such an inspiring book. https://t.co/zIPX4dgt4n
#programming #coding #programmer #developer #code #coder #technology #software #softwaredeveloper #codinglife

[Parker Whittle CHC @ChcParker]

@RonJeffries @threadreaderapp
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[Center for Democracy & Technology @CenDemTech]

Because @FCC claimed it had no authority to regulate broadband, the court said it also lacked authority to prevent the states from enacting #netneutrality laws. The bottom line: state actions will pressure ISPs & Congress toward federal legislation:

https://t.co/uRGwTMIwYR

[Uncle Bob Martin @unclebobmartin]

We do not write all the tests before writing any code. We write a tiny bit of a test, and then make that tiny bit pass. Then we add a tiny bit more to the test to make it fail. Then we make that slightly larger test pass. Etc.

How tiny? Five seconds.

[Parker Whittle CHC @ChcParker]

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[Michael Feathers @mfeathers]

Mixing subtype and parametric polymorphism leads to a Moire pattern of complication. So strange that we attempted it in the industry.

[cat swetel @CatSwetel]

have to retweet this because it's a great shot of my "all of us feminist witches" shirt 🤣🎃

[David Neal 🥓🥑 @reverentgeek]

My most embarrassing mistakes as a programmer:

* I didn't ask for help
* I was afraid of what others would think
* I didn't follow through on a promise
* I didn't step up and take responsibility
* I avoided conflict

My biggest mistakes had nothing to do with programming.

[James Coplien @jcoplien]

Agile architects.

[Uncle Bob Martin @unclebobmartin]

New blog. Circulatory. https://t.co/vojdoXOoKX

[Jim Tang @wxmann]

The safer our systems are, the more we push the boundaries of safety.