On today's episode of "Agile is dead. Instead, <goes on to describe Agile Software Development>"...

I’m excited to add a second talk at #PMIAgile2026! Deliberate Practice: The ROI of Effectively Learning as a Team Learn how deliberate practice and Code Katas can help teams learn faster and produce higher-quality code. events.pmi.org/flow/pmi/pmi...

Thrilled to be speaking at PMI Agile 2026 (July 26–28) "Focus, Flow, and Cold Coffee: ADHD-Driven Development Practices" - TDD and other quality practices that work *with* your brain. events.pmi.org/flow/pmi/pmi... This one's personal. Come find me! #PMIAgile2026 #ADHD #Agile #TDD #Neurodiversity

Next Tuesday, May 12th @ 5:00pm. Please join us at Bellevue College as we host our last meetup of the school year. We will be learning about using LLM in our coding practices and how they are changing our industry. All are always welcome! www.meetup.com/seattle-soft...

Bellevue College - Quality Software Practices, Tue, May 12, 2026, 5:00 PM | Meetup

**Agenda:** 5:00 - Community time 5:30 - 8:00 Talk and/or write code An in-person meetup in conjunction with Bellevue College! This will be our last meetup of the school y

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"Stop. The problem isn't that you need a better system. The problem is you're avoiding doing the work." buff.ly/OIYF4Ex #process #engineering #humanity #work

Stop trying to engineer your way out of listening to people

I spend a lot of time negotiating this in the software world: And if you're wondering why this happens, it's normally because: 1. people aren't talking to people 2. people aren't listening So lots of...

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Spec-Driven Development is the hot new thing in vibe coding. Write a perfect spec, let the agent work, sit back. Sounds familiar? We called it Waterfall. We hated it. We sucked at it. Why do we think we're suddenly ready for it now?

The Waterfall Strikes Back

As of when writing this post in the first days of April 2026, the vibe coding community is buzzing about "Spec-Driven Development." Write a perfect specification, let the AI agents loose, sit back, and watch the magic happen. Revolutionary, right? For me, it feels like a déjà vu from the 2000s. Back then, we called it Waterfall or V-Model. The idea was the same: define everything upfront, hand it over to the people who build it, and collect your finished product at the end.

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Please join us on Thursday, April 23rd, 2026 as @mattwynne.net talks about using AI Tools to build his Yaks projects. All are welcome! Zoom opens at 9:30am Pacific for community time. 10:00am Pacific Talk starts.

Awkward... and glorious.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

Awkward scenes aboard Artemis II as Trump stops ranting and none of the astronauts have anything left to say to him, leading to extended dead air

SeattleJS is coming up TOMORROW! Are you wondering how to adapt your web projects to the new world of 🤖 AI agents? This is the meetup for you! We're going to be learning about building a richer web experience with agent interactions and generative UI. Just The Tap also has tasty pizza and beer 🍺

SeattleJS: Web Tech Talks - April · Luma

🎉 Get ready to learn and connect at SeattleJS! 🎉 Prepare for an evening filled with fun, networking, and learning. Whether you're a seasoned developer or…

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Join us today at 10:00AM Pacific when @ted.dev will talk to us about "Refactoring Tests" All are welcome. Community time starts at 9:30AM www.meetup.com/seattle-soft...

Did you know that, according to itjobswatch.co.uk, average salaries advertised for developers with 'TDD' are 14% higher. Did you also know that I'm running Essential Code Craft workshops for self-funding learners, starting with 2-hour sessions on TDD in April? www.tickettailor.com/events/codem...

Register – Essential Code Craft - Test-Driven Development – Zoom

Essential Code Craft - Test-Driven Development – Zoom, Multiple dates and times - Our new Essential Code Craft training workshops are aimed at software developers who are self-funding their profession...

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"AI has removed the developer bottleneck" If developers really were your bottleneck, throwing developers at a problem would actually have worked in the past 20 years

It's 25 years to the day that proponents of iterative, "lightweight" development methodologies came together in Utah to work on their ski tans and pen the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. I have thoughts, which I've typed out to make them visible. codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/02/11/t...

The Agile Manifesto at 25 – The Most Talked-About Unread Document In Software

Feb 11th 2001 – exactly 25 years ago – was the first day of a 3-day meeting at the Snowbird ski resort in Utah that gave birth to the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. Like all …

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I've been reflecting on my career path lately and then wrote a post on it. Would love to hear your thoughts. softwareascraft.com/adhd/adhd-ca...

The ADHD Developer's Career Ceiling

Traditional career advancement paths privilege neurotypical traits and narrow definitions of success. For ADHD developers, the ceiling isn't about cap...

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Technical debt is organizational debt wearing a compiler-approved disguise.

Going from crap to okay's way easier than going from okay to good, which is way easier than going from good to excellent. Look for the low-hanging fruit. "But they don't even know the basics, Jason!" Exactly. THE BASICS.

Come join us to hear Olivia Vick speak on "Taking Agency in Your Work" Seattle Code Crafters Meetup. Feb. 26, 2026 10:00am Pacific (virtual) Everyone is always welcome. www.meetup.com/seattle-soft...

Next Thursday January 22, 2026 @ 10:00am Seattle Code Crafters Meetup kicks off our 2026 year with LLewellyn Falco talking about AI and Code Craft through the lens of Soft Skills with AI. Please join us for this online event. As always, All are welcome. www.meetup.com/seattle-soft...

"Secret police" is often misunderstood to mean a force that operates covertly, with all their operations secret. But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.

If something is hard to TDD, what does it say about the design? A bad example from Apple leads us to explore design sense, SRP, and Clean Architecture. https://qualitycoding.org/design-sense/

Can Improving Your Design Sense Help You TDD? | Quality Coding

If something is hard to TDD, how good is the design? A bad example from Apple leads us to explore design sense, SRP, and Clean Architecture.

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Here is the video. Don’t let DHS lie about what ICE did.

Daniel Suitor@danielsuitor.com · 7mo ago

This is the video.

Five years ago, a violent mob stormed the Capitol—people lost lives, more than 140 police officers were injured, and a democratic election was put under attack. Donald Trump pardoned nearly 1,600 people involved. Contact your representatives and demand they defend democracy and reject violence.

I'll be speaking on ADHD and Software Development at SeattleJS on Wednesday, Jan. 14th Come join us for a great meetup! www.meetup.com/seattlejs/ev...

Come join us to talk about great development techniques. All are welcome! www.meetup.com/seattle-soft...

It’s never been the speed of your developers. Never.

Jason Gorman@jasongorman.bsky.social · 7mo ago

While dev teams celebrate the speed of "AI" coding assistants, business stakeholders are increasingly asking why they're not getting to their destination any faster. Allow me to explain. codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/t...

While dev teams celebrate the speed of "AI" coding assistants, business stakeholders are increasingly asking why they're not getting to their destination any faster. Allow me to explain. codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/t...

The AI-Ready Software Developer #20 – It’s The Bottlenecks, Stupid!

For many years now, cycling has been consistently the fastest way to get around central London. Faster than taking the tube. Faster than taking the train. Faster than taking the bus. Faster than ta…

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Is Agile Open Northwest really worth it??? @rayarell.bsky.social has five (sarcastic) reasons why you shouldn't attend this amazing conference. www.nuagility.com/post/is-agil...

Is Agile Open Northwest Worth It?

Every year, someone asks whether Agile Open Northwest is “worth it.” So let’s skip the polite marketing language and be honest.Here are five excellent, highly sarcastic reasons you might want to stay...

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🚨 USPS Postmark Change Alert 🚨 “Your mailbox date ≠ official postmark date” What to do: 1️⃣ Mail early. 2️⃣ Ask for a manual postmark at drop-off. 3️⃣ Use electronic filing/payment whenever possible. Spread the word! This will affect voting IMMEDIATELY. Credit to @cjnlegalnurse for the vid

Something something great minds thinking alike... #refactoring #evolutionarydesign Different articulations of a mental model will click with different people, but those models tend to be much more alike than they are different. :)

Jason Gorman@jasongorman.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I've been focusing a lot recently on refactoring. Simultaneously one of the most valuable and rarest developer skills. In this post, I talk about the different levels of refactoring: * Primitive (the basic "moves") * Tactical * Strategic codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/r...

When men refer to themselves as "alpha males", I hear that in the context of software, where alpha versions are unstable, missing important features, filled with flaws, and not fit for the public.