ending
To know the place for the first time
She was wanting to break it off
Until we leave the gate behind
A circle of beads
Now get inside
When life is over
That funny feeling
You can get anywhere from anywhere
Ending is better than mending
Graceful Exits: How Great Beings Die
How do you know when your paintings are finished?
Exit pages
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Software that nobody wants
The 'date scrum' anti-pattern
Date Scrum is an R&D pattern where developers are asked to estimate software project requirements upfront for the entirety of the project. After the project is green lighted and the budget is set based on the final estimates, the team then holds daily scrums to status and manage risk as they “iterate” the solution toward the release date. To some, this approach is described as doing Waterfall in sprints.
The fundamental problem with Date Scrum is that the team is de-focused from discovering the best solution. Instead they are heavily focused on delivering Something™ by the Date™. Engineers are problem solvers, and if the primary problem becomes delivering Something™ that will pass QA by the Date™, they will, with enough pressure, solve that exact problem.