Valentin T Mocanu

Software Engineer, history books reader

[Valentin T Mocanu @ValentinTudor]

Code as Design: Three Essays by Jack W. Reeves

https://t.co/W4Dga9vBmm

[Valentin T Mocanu @ValentinTudor]

Adaptation fails when access to information is reduced to push—practices or methods delivered as prescriptions.
What we need instead is structured browse to industry knowledge, before decisions are made.
Disciplined Agile helps by providing exactly that.

https://t.co/pGWjQNv94I

[Scott W. Ambler @scottwambler]

Data peeps: I recently participated in a panel discussion hosted by @TheDatanista entitled "Data Trust Decoded: Moving Beyond Compliance" at https://t.co/7GprMJ9VFi. I think you'll find it interesting.

[Scott W. Ambler @scottwambler]

Agile peeps: I recently wrote Enterprise Design for Agile Coaches at https://t.co/xeog7Q1Qex which explores my why #agile coaches should move into the #enterprisedesign space and how to do so.

[Scott W. Ambler @scottwambler]

I'm a speaker on two panels at @PMInstitute's #AgileSymposium2025 on Thursday, November 20. The link to the free, virtual event is# https://t.co/hWdN5JdDAN.

[Valentin T Mocanu @ValentinTudor]

We don’t have an information content problem.
We have an information access problem.
When browse and search are replaced by push, we end up seeing less, choosing less, and understanding less.

https://t.co/9B9MtrH8n8

[Valentin T Mocanu @ValentinTudor]

@unclebobmartin It is nice for simple logic. If not, you need a design that can be evolved and not be rewritten on changes. And the whole programming world is represented by this aspect.

[The Other Alistair @TotherAlistair]

https://t.co/mbLNzqYWPe
i love this pic of the refactoring needed

[The Other Alistair @TotherAlistair]

i'm looking to build a US tour this year (1st time!)
What cities might like some courses: agile, user story/use case, hexagonal??
think RTP, NYC, Houston, Boise, SLC, ... where else am I known enough for a public course?

[Vlad Mihalcea @vlad_mihalcea]

The IT industry these days

[Mob Mentality Show @mob__mentality]

A thousand pages (23 hours of audible listening) & I am almost done! 📚🎧

A great encyclopedia on all things agile (technical and non-technical). Love the positive mentions of mob throughout & loved the "delivering zone" principles and practices.

Book: https://t.co/nRS2AKJI7P

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

The needle galaxy, photographed from Earth.

With an 8” scope from my light-polluted backyard.

Space is there for all of us to explore.

[Valentin T Mocanu @ValentinTudor]

@elonmusk He has pledged repeatedly (even for 2024) to abolish all political parties.
https://t.co/fSLDZomiwy

[Valentin T Mocanu @ValentinTudor]

@elonmusk This is about CG, who idolizes Ion Antonescu (a fascist dictator who declared war on the US in 1941) and plagiarizes his speeches (video). He has pledged (even for 2024) to abolish political parties.
https://t.co/60tzsXxcJe

[Valentin T Mocanu @ValentinTudor]

@elonmusk CG has repeatedly said that there will no longer be any political parties in Romania. The only time that ever happened before was under the dictator Ion Antonescu, whom he admires.
https://t.co/cs4PRE9AC9

[Scott W. Ambler @scottwambler]

My white paper #ArtificialIntelligence in #Agile Software Development, https://t.co/B6rTw3iEZ6, focuses on #AI augmentation use cases. This paper is free of charge, I don't even ask for your email address.

[Scott W. Ambler @scottwambler]

Systems are data driven, whereas people should be data informed. I believe this is an important nuance. https://t.co/r7kn37UAay #AgileData #DataDriven

[Scott W. Ambler @scottwambler]

India peeps: I'm speaking at #AgileIndia 2025 in Bengalaru this March. Register now with discount code scott-ambler-10di$c-agile for 10% off via https://t.co/QrBQCskWvr

[Valentin T Mocanu @ValentinTudor]

I’ve been through this. I found a product in poor condition, informed risk management, and proposed that we allocate some payments towards technical debt during development.

[Valentin T Mocanu @ValentinTudor]

That depends. Yes, if the technical debt is well-managed. But for huge debts, you need also some surgery-like interventions—a series of planned refactorings.

[Uncle Bob Martin @unclebobmartin]

You will never refactor or write tests until you have convinced yourself that it’s the most productive strategy. Once you accept that, you won’t need management to give you time because you will be working the fastest way possible.

Refactoring _saves_ time. Tests _save_ time.

[Martin Fowler @martinfowler]

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Gen AI systems are gullible, easily tricked into responding in ways contrary to policies or leak private information. Bharani Subramaniam and I describe how we can counter this by adding guardrails at the boundaries of the request/response flow.

https://t.co/OAvfwNoMpg