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At the GOTO 2014 conferences in Copenhagen and Aarhus, I had the opportunity to have an extended set of conversations with Martin Fowler…

"If it hurts - do it more often". Good advice if the amount of pain raises exponentially with the time between actions, such as for integrating software.

Sometimes it's a good thing to be writing code that you expect to throw away in a couple of years time.

How to tell if you’re applying quality backwards.

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Learn how the concept of Lean waste reduction has migrated from its origin in manufacturing into the software development industry through the use of Agile in this SolutionsIQ white paper.

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Software development is a special kind of a nightmare. This epic infographic shows what hell for programmers looks like.

An epic visual guide into how software development agencies work, and what kind of problems they face daily.

Are you a developer? Do you know what “frontend” really does? Or “ops”? How about “leadgen”?

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