Sunday, September 19, 2021

leftovers - summer vacation (toa rewind - in theory, in practice)

As I mentioned last week, TOA is ready for reopening, but... it looks like it will be next week. Let's fill the time for now with a classic TOA rewind. I picked out this post from January 2019 - "In Theory, In Practice" - because it had the most hits over the past thirty days, when the site was otherwise dormant.

Now, don't ask me why this post had so much popularity. I had no clue when I first saw the numbers, so I read it myself in a vain attempt to understand the result. My rereading led nowhere - in fact, I can't even say I thought the post was any good, though it definitely wasn't bad. I can at least tell you that it's from Peopleware, one of those Business Bro Books that I generally like to ridicule during my free time. However, this book is one of those proverbial exceptions that prove the rule. If you are interested in learning some of the "common sense" basics of management, presented through the lens of software development, then this is at the top of my recommendation list.

We'll be back, soon enough, with the official restart of TOA. Until then, thanks for reading!