Are These Software Myths TRUE or FALSE?
Software Development is full of myths and we programmers are as subject to our biology as anyone else, and so as fallible in separating myth from fact. So here are a few software engineering myths to think about, what is the truth about software engineering? In this episode Dave Farley invites you to play along in a game of Software True or False? What are the common computer myths that trip up software development teams and how can we remove some of the mystery from software development? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🎓 CD TRAINING COURSES 🎓 If you want to learn Continuous Delivery and DevOps skills, check out Dave Farley's courses ➡️ https://bit.ly/DFTraining 📚 BOOKS: 📖 Dave’s NEW BOOK "Modern Software Engineering" is now available on Amazon ➡️ https://amzn.to/3DwdwT3 In this book, Dave brings together his ideas and proven techniques to describe a durable, coherent and foundational approach to effective software development, for programmers, managers and technical leads, at all levels of experience. 📖 "Continuous Delivery Pipelines" by Dave Farley paperback ➡️ https://amzn.to/3gIULlA ebook version ➡️ https://leanpub.com/cd-pipelines 📖 The original "Continuous Delivery" book by Dave Farley and Jez Humble ➡️ https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx 📧 JOIN CD MAIL LIST 📧 Keep up to date with the latest discussions, free "How To..." guides, events and online courses. ➡️ https://bit.ly/MailListCD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANNEL SPONSORS: Harness helps engineers and DevOps teams simplify and scale CI/CD. Sign up for your free account at ➡️ https://harness.io ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINKS: “44% more time on useful work” (Accelerate, The science of Lean Software and DevOps) ➡️ https://amzn.to/2YYf5Z8 “Most Efficient Languages" ➡️ https://bit.ly/3b8vpwb “Haste Makes Waste When You Over Staff” ➡️ https://www.qsm.com/risk_02.html “Google Study of Effective Teams” ➡️ https://bit.ly/3bXMzeU Dave Farley's Blog ➡️ https://bit.ly/DaveFWebBlog Dave Farley on Twitter ➡️ https://bit.ly/DaveFTwitter Dave Farley on LinkedIn ➡️ https://bit.ly/DaveF-LI
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