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It’s strangely exciting but what we thought could exist for centuries might be like so many other trends and only last a few decades.
For me it’s a no go. The software is kinda ok, the headset are also kinda ok but heavy. Overall the experience was mediocre at best. I lost velocity for the two weeks I tried using it, it was clunky and often not working and needed just too many hacks.
Is Scrum a solution that really works, or merely a great concept?
I agree with and swear by the agile manifesto (it's really amazing) but IMHO, all of its byproduct methodologies fall short in the real world, with no exception.
Tools and methodologies are guardrails, use them at the beginning as you learn the craft, get ride of them as you grow and always put meaningful conversation above all
I understand the author's heated post, because I've been there so many times, and I think THIS IS THE POINT of this article, the point that you are missing. Good manager shouldn't rely as much on a set tools that are broken or unfit for their team.
I my opinion, not enough people question Sprints and their viability and benefits. And he's right, backlogs are by far just a list of the things you wont do.
If your tool cannot fix your issues, the manager should. Use post-its, emails, spreadsheet, large whiteboards, hang a TV screen in the room, pdf, discussions... There is endless possibilities, be creative.
Pagination is incredibly useful to human. If I tell you I found something on page 15 you can relate to it, something I cannot do with infinite scroll.
I understand that innovations do happen but the complexities (like smart contracts), the limitations of an append only database (that only store transactions and signatures), the damage done to our environment (CO2), the impact on electronic availability (video card shortages), the criminal uses of crypto and the life savings lost to a gambling like international market does make you wonder if this is all worth it.
I’m open to be proven wrong but I personally think that web3 and crypto, while very interesting, don’t have the attributes required to be a worthy innovation path for humankind
Ask yourself:
- What constitute a _good_ infrastructure?
- Something flexible/adaptable ?
- Something predictable ?
- Something resilient ?
- Something easy to monitor ?
- Something else ?
- How do you prioritize these, who gets to decide which one matters most...
Architecture is asking a lot of questions, inviting others who will benefit/use your work into the decision making process.
One thing that I learned that is still helpful to me today is try to push as many decisions as possible to later, keep the door open for futur choices. Every system architecture is part invention, part discovery. As you put together your foundation, new requirements/restrictions will appear and you'll be happy to have the freedom to make some of your decisions then.
The strange perspective and sense of entitlement of a successful TikTok influencer…
Cryptocurrencies used to be decentralized but it isn’t the case anymore (if you hate banks prepare to hate large mining farms… until proof of stake allow the top 1% to be in charge),
It’s anonymous (but governments don’t want anonymous money movement… I personally don’t want that either) and public (but if it stops being anonymous then who wants everybody to know they bought a sex toy online?).
Contracts are awesome but still cost a fortune.
All successful cryptos do not inflate which means the incentive to spend it does not exist, you’re better off investing in the currency itself than using it (you want a light inflation of your currency to help your economy by sponsoring real companies)