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Re:Ask HN: Do you think Agile/Scrum is beneficial for softwa... by davidw on Thursday March 04, 2021 @09:15PM (#26351653)
> ceremonies

That has always sounded super pretentious to me. It's a damn meeting, not a wedding or a funeral.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you think Agile/Scrum is beneficial for softwa... by lmm on Thursday March 04, 2021 @10:05PM (#26352056)
It was a self-conscious joke, at least originally. Like "we're aware this looks like a useless waste of time".
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Re:Ask HN: Do you think Agile/Scrum is beneficial for softwa... by davidw on Thursday March 04, 2021 @10:37PM (#26352306)
People seem to use it in all earnestness.
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Re:Ask HN: Do you think Agile/Scrum is beneficial for softwa... by a3n on Thursday March 04, 2021 @09:44PM (#26351877)
"Ceremony," back in the day, was used to imply a certain stodginess, as in a "high ceremony process."

Agile seems very ceremonious to me.

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