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Jared Richardson’s talk titled “Build Teams, not Products,” in particular, was one of the best presentations I’ve ever witnessed. It was just one of those talks where all the points seem tautologic...
-Yev Bronshteyn

..."Ship It!" is in the style of the other Pragmatic books and is an easy and focused read. I finished it in two days and have already gained a wealth of insight that I can apply immediately. Hig...
-Anil John

...Much like the Mac, this book “just works”, because it takes the best from lessons learned from team leaders and team players and takes the mystery out of the project management processes as appl...
-Robert Pritchett

(Jan 31)
I recently heard a great story about a software team getting frustrated with Cruise Control. Apparently that piece-of-junk software actually complains if you check in code that won't compile! Worse yet, it lets everyone see who checked in the bad code.

The team's solution? They wanted to turn off Cruise Control. Another developer removed his email address from the system.

David Bock's reply? Don't turn off the fire alarm. Deal with the fire.

Classic.

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