George South

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[Jason Fried @jasonfried]

Something brand old is coming.

Once upon a time you owned what you paid for, you controlled what you depended on, and your privacy and security were your own business.

We think it’s that time again.

Have a seat, SaaS.

Introducing:
https://t.co/SWsWZs6idA

[Santiago @svpino]

Scrum is a cancer.

I've been writing software for 25 years, and nothing renders a software team useless like Scrum does.

Some anecdotes:

1. They tried to convince me that Poker is a planning tool, not a game.

2. If you want to be more efficient, you must add process, not remove it. They had us attending the "ceremonies," a fancy name for a buttload of meetings: stand-ups, groomings, planning, retrospectives, and Scrum of Scrums. We spent more time talking than doing.

3. We prohibited laptops in meetings. We had to stand. We passed a ball around to keep everyone paying attention.

4. We spent more time estimating story points than writing software. Story points measure complexity, not time, but we had to decide how many story points fit in a sprint.

5. I had to use t-shirt sizes to estimate software.

6. We measured how much it cost to deliver one story point and then wrote contracts where clients paid for a package of "500 story points."

7. Management lost it when they found that 500 story points in one project weren't the same as 500 story points on another project. We had many meetings to fix this.

8. Imagine having a manager, a scrum master, a product owner, and a tech lead. You had to answer to all of them and none simultaneously.

9. We paid people who told us whether we were "burning down points" fast enough. Weren't story points about complexity instead of time? Never mind.

I believe in Agile, but this ain't agile.

We brought professional Scrum trainers. We paid people from our team to get certified. We tried Scrum this way and that other way. We spent years doing it.

The result was always the same: It didn't work.

Scrum is a cancer that will eat your development team. Scrum is not for developers; it's another tool for managers to feel they are in control.

But the best about Scrum are those who look you in the eye and tell you: "If it doesn't work for you, you are doing it wrong. Scrum is anything that works for your team."

Sure it is.

[M. Russell Ballard @BallardMRussell]

If you’re unsure of the next step in your path, act “as if” you were the person you would like to be. As you do that, you will grow into that kind of person. Ultimately, your very actions, your attitude, will lead you toward being the kind of person you want to be.

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

This is what will happen to the Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky way within 4 to 5 billion years from now.

[George South @ecuageo]

@jakemallory If you ever start a Mexican restaurant, I would eat there.

[Dungeon Dudes 🔜 GenCon @dungeon_dudes]

I know there’s a lot of negativity right now in this space. So let’s show some support and love for third party creators. Tell us your favourite third party 5e products!

[George South @ecuageo]

@mjackson You also get the distortion from a pedal. There’s still “tone” unique in a fender that is separate from its distortion.

[George South @ecuageo]

@mjackson You can have a master volume added but not as nice as a good attenuator. A lot of the distortion in a fender amp is in the power section which is avoided with a master volume.

[George South @ecuageo]

@InformIT @VaughnVernon @tjaskula Tried to order a few times but the site throws an error and says to check back.

[George South @ecuageo]

@blowmage https://t.co/Gv935ljVWJ they have locations in the valley. If you bring those in, they can match up replacements for you.

[George South @ecuageo]

@mjackson Prime Video watch party with commentary in the comments can be a ton of fun.

[George South @ecuageo]

@jkhowland Podium has been on React Native, although we are starting to introduce some swift now.

[George South @ecuageo]

@mcmurrym Sometimes in the cracks of the futons.

[George South @ecuageo]

@phaedryx *native

[George South @ecuageo]

@phaedryx React and React-Nature

[DANN© @DannPetty]

Yes please.

[Martin Odersky @odersky]

Scala 3 has landed

[George South @ecuageo]

@dbrady There are a few pedals I'll love to build. A good old klon klone is probably first.