Comments on: Here’s another acronym for your skillset: PITA http://joshua.almirun.com/uncategorized/heres-another-acronym-for-your-skillset-pita technology, politics, armchair philosophy Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:16:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Michal http://joshua.almirun.com/uncategorized/heres-another-acronym-for-your-skillset-pita#comment-490 Michal Tue, 20 May 2008 23:08:46 +0000 http://joshua.almirun.com/?p=146#comment-490 It's the best chunk of monolithic code we have! And in this case, the non existent silver bullet that you speak of has arrived in the form of a new dev platform that's getting build right now *deep breath* Flex/Air/FlexUnit/AsDocs/Sprouts/PureMVC/FlexCover, and a junior developer to maintain the legacy codebase. I know it's not ideal, but it seems to be the only way to move forward in this fast-paced dev environment as new tools come out of Beta and mature enough for production. The good thing is that we have managed to convince the rest of the business that this is the way to go through a few presentations and prototypes, so there isn't a level of constant pressure and disdain to deliver as everyone knows we're heading in the right direction. We needed David to shake everyone into the realty, now we can move on with the times to a Continuous Integration paradise. And so we get to take the AS3 Ferrari for a spin properly, not driving it around the block with inferior engine and fuel anymore :) It’s the best chunk of monolithic code we have! And in this case, the non existent silver bullet that you speak of has arrived in the form of a new dev platform that’s getting build right now *deep breath* Flex/Air/FlexUnit/AsDocs/Sprouts/PureMVC/FlexCover, and a junior developer to maintain the legacy codebase. I know it’s not ideal, but it seems to be the only way to move forward in this fast-paced dev environment as new tools come out of Beta and mature enough for production. The good thing is that we have managed to convince the rest of the business that this is the way to go through a few presentations and prototypes, so there isn’t a level of constant pressure and disdain to deliver as everyone knows we’re heading in the right direction. We needed David to shake everyone into the realty, now we can move on with the times to a Continuous Integration paradise.
And so we get to take the AS3 Ferrari for a spin properly, not driving it around the block with inferior engine and fuel anymore :)

]]> By: Joshua Mostafa http://joshua.almirun.com/uncategorized/heres-another-acronym-for-your-skillset-pita#comment-475 Joshua Mostafa Tue, 20 May 2008 04:14:21 +0000 http://joshua.almirun.com/?p=146#comment-475 I think your the new software stack you're going to be working on sounds great! Sorry to have left you with a big monolithic chunk of legacy code :/ I think your the new software stack you’re going to be working on sounds great! Sorry to have left you with a big monolithic chunk of legacy code :/

]]> By: Michal http://joshua.almirun.com/uncategorized/heres-another-acronym-for-your-skillset-pita#comment-474 Michal Tue, 20 May 2008 03:38:52 +0000 http://joshua.almirun.com/?p=146#comment-474 I thought this post sounded familiar :) Signed Management-stressed coding cowboy with a silver bullet I thought this post sounded familiar :)

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