Competition. Culturally we’ve all been told it’s a good thing. It drives down prices and makes life more affordable for consumers. The dirty little secret is it always drives down quality and safety. In many cases it makes both non-existent. This doesn’t matter so much when it is a T-shirt from Walmart that doesn’t survive its first trip through the wash but it does when it comes to automobiles, airplanes and medical devices. Competition based … When Competition Isn’t a Good ThingRead more
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Qt 6 – Remove Console from JavaScript and QML
I originally sent this to the qt-interest mailing list but haven’t seen it bubble out to the world so re-posting here and, hopefully many other places. === This is becoming a growing issue in the industry. The Console object needs to be removed from Qt. The project I walked onto I had to spend a week digging it out because it violates the coding standards but that story was pushed deep into the backlog and … Qt 6 – Remove Console from JavaScript and QMLRead more
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Did AGILE make the 737 Max fall from the sky?
AGILE. The new corporate buzz phrase for hacking on the fly. Keller MBAs in a room sounding like a yard full of chickens chanting “cut costs, cut costs, cut costs” have been falling all over themselves because when you remove engineering from “software engineering,” it’s cheaper. You can even use lower skilled, lower cost developers because they don’t have to know much to do AGILE. Software engineering is the application of principles used in the … Did AGILE make the 737 Max fall from the sky?Read more
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HUAWEI and the Phallus of Clouds
I have blogged for many years that cloud computing was a train wreck waiting for a plane crash to hit it so it could roll down the hill into a daycare center at lunch time. Too many worthless MBA diploma mills cranking out even more worthless management who can only chant buzz phrases like “quick win” and “cut costs.” Not one of them actually knows how to run and build a business. They are all … HUAWEI and the Phallus of CloudsRead more
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Another Shining Example of AGILE
Facebook (FB) is one of the most notorious proponents of AGILE. “Move quickly and break things.” AGILE – hacking on the fly without any design or road map while committing accounting fraud. Hacking on the fly gets you stories like these. The Declaration of Independence flagged as hate speech. When it comes to the Facebook development team, I can’t help but think of this movie. Definitely the kind of people you want working on a … Another Shining Example of AGILERead more