People Over Process

A Meditation for Managers

Aug 1 • Adam Ard

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July 2025

Good Docs Describe, Bad Docs Prescribe

Of the four tenets of the Agile Manifesto, one gets the least attention:

Jul 25 • Adam Ard

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June 2025

Literate Testing

Literate Programming's Killer Feature

Jun 14 • Adam Ard

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April 2025

Pair Programmers Unite

A Quiet Rebellion

Apr 17 • Adam Ard

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SOC 2 — We Do It to Ourselves

A developer's guide to SOC 2 Compliance

Apr 8 • Adam Ard

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March 2025

In retrospect, DevOps was a bad idea.

We need to talk about DevOps.

Mar 31 • Adam Ard

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Don't Shoot the Android

I just re-read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K.

Mar 29 • Adam Ard

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February 2025

Memorandum: Tips for Ensuring Scrum Compliance

A joke memorandum from a fictitious organization that might as well be true, given my experience being forced to do Scrum.

Feb 25 • Adam Ard

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Hours ∝ Story Points

(Scrum Planning Meeting)

Feb 4 • Adam Ard

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January 2025

Coming in Through the Back Door

Open Source as Utopia

Jan 24 • Adam Ard

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Navigating the Shadows

Some people think programmers should only do what they're told—one ticket at a time.

Jan 10 • Adam Ard

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December 2024

Fighting over Crumbs

In software companies, management lets precious little control fall to programmers.

Dec 30, 2024 • Adam Ard

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