Category Archives: Business

Laurence’s List – Roadmap Features to Prioritize

by Laurence Posted on May 28, 2013

Is the number of issues in your backlog into the triple digits?  Angry customers, bugs that have you tangled in spaghetti code, the talking head just changed the spec AGAIN!!!… and now the President comes to your desk and says … Continue reading →

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Software Ghettos – A Form of Technical Debt

by Laurence Posted on December 7, 2012

A few years ago I was talking to a senior Java engineer. He was asking me about Django and Python. Having never used the stack himself, and thinking that ‘scripting languages are just toys’, he was skeptical of this new … Continue reading →

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Geekonomics – Software that kills

by Laurence Posted on May 5, 2011

I just finished reading the book Geekonomics  – the real cost of insecure software. The book sums up commercial software development from a business perspective succinctly: “Don’t worry, be crappy.”   http://www.geekonomicsbook.com/ It is a pretty interesting topic – and should be … Continue reading →

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