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 [...]


Agile Auto Restoration?

Posted by Mike on May 1st, 2010

I was over at my buddy Chad’s garage again tonight tinkering with his 1958 Chevy pickup. Chad bought the truck when he turned 16 and planned to restore it and drive it all through college. Ten years later, the truck still doesn’t run. To an untrained eye, there’s little different from when he [...]