A Culinary Analogy

Posted by Mike on Jun 29th, 2010

We used to build software like a crappy banana split stand. Grab the banana off the shelf (which probably is about to expire), throw on ice cream, cover it in chocolate, add some cherries, whip cream, nuts, stir it up, put a spoon in it, hand it to the customer, take their money, and [...]


Rally pairing

Posted by Mike on May 10th, 2010

Iwein Fuld posted a great article about different styles of pair programming. It’s a great post, and I encourage you to read it if you’ve tried pairing but haven’t bought in yet. His rally car analogy is spot-on.
My favorite driver is an outspoken dutch guy. He’s quick on the wheel and if he doesn’t [...]


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