Effectiveness vs. Efficiency: Lessons from the Orange Groves When I was young, I worked for a company that managed small citrus and avocado groves. These were tiny operations—not big enough to own their own equipment, hire full-time crews, or even manage themselves—but still full of promise and capable of producing high-quality fruit. Our job was […]
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Years ago, my manager refused to let us use Test-Driven Development. His reasoning? “You have to write twice as much code, so it’ll take twice as long.” That’s a false equivalence—assuming all code takes equal time and adds equal value. For me, TDD is a thinking tool. It gives fast feedback, clarifies the need, and
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The overall concept of Software Teaming (Mob Programming) Collaboration is essential in companies and organizations. We usually need to work with others through various forms of communication like meetings, emails, messaging, and documents. However, in complex work, this can lead to inefficiencies like queueing and inventory, which are considered wasteful. In software development, traditional collaboration
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Practical Refactoring Workshop – Tiny Steps to Better Code 2-Day Lab, Austin, Texas, USA May 3-4, 2018 With Llewellyn Falco and Woody Zuill Eventbrite registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2-day-practical-refactoring-lab-austin-tickets-40431719361 The goal: “Clean Code That Works” (Ron Jeffries) , and getting there is half the fun. Working with a legacy mess can be frustrating, boring, dangerous, and time-consuming. When
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