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@bigallan seems weird to me too. it's a form of insurance. i'm just wondering if it meets an existing need.about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to bigallan
@marick you don't follow talks, brian, they precede yours. fortunately this doesn't freak *everyone* out :-)about 10 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to marick
@southda correct.about 10 hours ago from TweetDeck
@elharo my take: checked exceptions force me to say things i'm not sure about and that i don't care about in the intervening methods.about 10 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to elharo
sorry my earlier question was unclear. if someone was worried about the authenticity of junit, could i sell them the md5 hash?about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
Michael Nielsen on learning learning http://bit.ly/qFCEN applies nicely to software development teamsabout 14 hours ago from TweetDeck
does anyone give away software but sell the digital signature for it?about 14 hours ago from TweetDeck
@mark_menard right, and my point is that it's best to reach that moment as cheaply as possibleabout 19 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to mark_menard
@southda put in the quality that increases feedback. defer the rest. that's what satisfies the business needs of release 0.11:34 PM Jul 11th from TweetDeck in reply to southda
good @wingedpig quote: "the technology can be duplicated but your users can't"7:50 PM Jul 11th from TweetDeck
@dbrock the purpose needs to be clear but usage can be clunky in release 0 & you (the product developer) will still get valuable feedback.7:40 PM Jul 11th from TweetDeck in reply to dbrock
release 0 needs to be clear but not necessarily easy. if users aren't eager enough to figure it out, you don't have the seed of a product.7:07 PM Jul 11th from TweetDeck
i still overengineer release 0.0.0. feedback trumps sustainability as the probability of the code living until tomorrow approaches zero.6:45 PM Jul 11th from TweetDeck
@aerabati exactly. and all those hardwired values give you a nice to-do list to make the code real.12:39 PM Jul 11th from TweetDeck in reply to aerabati
if i just can't get a test to run, i'd best hardcode absolutely everything and then replace constants with expressions one at a time12:28 PM Jul 11th from TweetDeck
just sludged a big batch of chevre. turns out temperatures in cheese recipes are *not* suggestions. bacteria don't respond to negotiation.11:35 AM Jul 11th from TweetDeck
NanoHTTPD to the rescue! my test now runs with a minimal of hassle. tx Jarno Elonen11:03 AM Jul 11th from TweetDeck
the fundamental principle behind kanban--if you have too much too do, you get less done.10:55 AM Jul 11th from TweetDeck
@philoUK congratulations!8:02 AM Jul 11th from TweetDeck in reply to philoUK
@aldosolis de nada.9:58 PM Jul 10th from TweetDeck in reply to aldosolis