Fed Up with Software Craftsmanship
summary
The talk critiques the software craftsmanship movement, arguing that coaching practices (like preaching katas, rigid TDD advocacy, and imposing methods) disconnect from everyday delivery pressures. It analyzes elitist, dogmatic postures, mistaken beliefs and implementation problems within the community that cause fatigue and growing mistrust toward craft practices.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 5:27Craft origins
- 10:06Craft manifesto
- 13:12Craft posture issues
- 17:49Tools vs values
- 23:01Cargo cult in Craft
- 28:32DDD and Value Objects
- 31:34Craft perceived as elitist
- 37:20Dangers of coaches
- 41:40Critique and improvement
- 47:15Conclusion
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