Why We Don't Do Daily Stand-Ups at Supercede An Article by Jezen Thomas jezenthomas.com Yesterday I worked on the widget. Today I will work on the widget. I have no blockers. Are you asleep yet? The developers are. You promise them an intellectually stimulating work environment and what they end up with is drudgery. What value can be had from these meetings anyway? Using “alignment” for justification is so nebulous that it is essentially meaningless. Engineers align themselves. They talk. Especially if you hire good ones (which, you know, you’ll struggle to if you have a culture of coercing them into this kind of busywork). Where does the real discussion happen? It’s written down. Why we stopped breaking down stories into tasks agile
Material tour de force: The work of Eladio Dieste An Essay by Eladio Dieste archleague.org Show image 0 Show image 1 I have explained, and supported with evidence, the concern for rationality in construction and economy understood in, I dared to say, a cosmic sense rather than a financial sense. However, this is not the whole thing that has guided me. I have also been guided by a sharp, almost painful, awareness of form. formmaterial