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Re:We are doing it wrong – the truth about agile development by maxxxxx on Monday October 16, 2017 @11:10AM (#15483710)
The number "20%" scares me because people will makes his a hard rule. Soon you'll have to justify why you didn't refactor your stuff.
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Re:We are doing it wrong – the truth about agile development by phillipwills on Monday October 16, 2017 @11:11AM (#15483717)
Or worse, I spent 1 hour writing it, so 15 minutes refactoring... And done, no more refactoring...
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Re:We are doing it wrong – the truth about agile development by wellpast on Monday October 16, 2017 @11:19AM (#15483787)
Agreed. I prefer the descriptive not prescriptive consideration here. Is refactoring an essential part of your process or no?
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