#agile
29 posts
2026 - June
1 post2026 - February
1 post2017 - June
2 posts2016 - August
1 post2015 - January
1 post2014 - November
1 post2014 - September
1 post2014 - March
1 post2013 - November
1 post2013 - October
1 post2013 - June
2 posts2013 - May
1 post2013 - April
1 post2010 - June
1 post2010 - January
2 posts2009 - December
2 posts2009 - November
1 post2009 - September
1 post2009 - July
3 posts2009 - February
1 post2008 - October
1 post2008 - February
1 post2007 - September
1 post2026 - June
1 postai-memory: Emergent Architecture and Malleable Software
In 24 days, contributors took ai-memory from a personal MVP to a cross-platform, multi-user system. The architecture emerged from use and was only consolidated afterward.
2026 - February
1 postVibe Code: From Zero to Production in 6 DAYS | The M.Akita Chronicles
How I shipped a full newsletter, blog, podcast, and Discord bot to production in six days using vibe coding the right way.
2017 - June
2 postsEstimates are Promises - A Better Metaphor
Estimates can become promises when risk is managed: lock in time and cost, prioritize the first 20% of the scope, and use staging deliveries and velocity as gauges for adjusting course.
The Economics of Software Development
For small teams, software economics starts with the smallest product that works, accounting for time while avoiding technical debt, premature microservices, and unnecessary performance optimizations.
2016 - August
1 postMoving away from Pivotal Tracker to Fulcrum. Good Enough.
I switched from Pivotal Tracker to Central, a Rails fork of Fulcrum that already covers stories, estimates, sprints, and velocity. Still incomplete, it’s good enough for most of our projects.
2015 - January
1 post[Off-Topic] Compilation: "Processes and Methodologies Won't Help You!"
The collection criticizes ready-made recipes such as Agile, Kanban, and #noEstimates and argues for the scientific method, skepticism, and continuous study to make better decisions.
2014 - November
1 post[Small Bites/Off-Topic] "People over Processes" — what are "People"?
Agile inherits from Lean its emphasis on processes and continuous improvement, but prioritizing people takes psychology, behavioral economics, and network theory. A reading list to start with, and a reminder that we're less rational than we'd like.
2014 - September
1 post[Off-Topic] Agile: the Truth Behind the Method
I argue that Scrum, XP, and other Agile practices cannot save bad teams. They expose risks and problems quickly. Agility depends on committed people, continuous practice, and concrete behavior changes.
2014 - March
1 post[Off-Topic] Lean Is Dead, Long Live Efficiency
Agile and Lean became an industry of courses, certifications, and tools that obscures their principles. The text argues for returning to basics: deliver value, avoid waste, learn, and question.
2013 - November
1 post[Off-Topic] Agile Done Wrong
The text argues that Agile cannot save teams without technical ability and commitment. Planning, pair programming, quality, and responsibility become a performance, and bad professionals need replacing.
2013 - October
1 post[Off-Topic] #noEstimates Debunked
The author separates projects from ongoing operations to defend estimates, objectives, and constraints in projects. To him, constraints drive innovation, but competent execution matters more than any methodology.
2013 - June
2 postsIntroduction to Agility
Robert Martin recounts how XP, Scrum, and Crystal converged at the 2001 Snowbird meeting into the Agile Manifesto. Akita warns against dogmatic process and consultancies that put method ahead of people and customer value.
Processes, Methodologies, and the Human Brain
The author explains how emotion, randomness, and pattern-seeking create superstitions and false recipes for success. In projects, methodologies are techniques to test and adapt, and none of them holds as a universal truth.
2013 - May
1 post[Translation] Standards: excellence vs. mediocrity
Reporting on an exercise at Toyota, Jason Yip shows that the standard was the champion’s time: four seconds. The text contrasts standards that limit with those that drive excellence.
2013 - April
1 post[Translation] Estimation — The Best We Can Do
Ron Jeffries argues for estimates as ranges of cost and velocity, used to test risks, make decisions every two weeks, and guide the product without becoming a promise or negotiation.
2010 - June
1 post[Off-Topic] Jeff Patton and Megan Fox in the same post?
For his talk at Wire 2010, the author recreated Jeff Patton's iteration-and-increment example on video, replacing the article's pixelated image with a more polished version.
2010 - January
2 posts[Off-Topic] Reading the Agile Principles
The 12 Agile principles need to be read together: delivering value quickly does not excuse quality, simplicity, collaboration, or continuous improvement. The Manifesto is not a ready-made recipe.
Off-Topic: Literature for Agile Managers
Reading for Agile managers includes complex systems, chaos, and evolution. The thesis is that Agility requires studying principles and context, not copying recipes from Lean, Scrum, or manufacturing.
2009 - December
2 posts[Off Topic] Watch Out for Kanban-butt
Kanban is a technique from the Toyota Production System, not a synonym for Lean or a complete methodology. In non-repetitive software, understanding why comes before applying the tool.
[Off-Topic] You Don't Understand Anything About Scrum
Scrum's origins lie in complex adaptive systems, self-organization, and the studies of Takeuchi and Nonaka. Scrum, XP, and Lean share roots and should be understood through their principles.
2009 - November
1 post[Off-Topic] Obedience to Authority
Drawing on Asch and Milgram, I argue that conformity and obedience weaken Agile teams and advocate decentralized organizations, with leaders and architects recognized through merit.
2009 - September
1 post[Off-Topic] Thinking Makes You Better
Pair programming needs an active pilot and co-pilot, Agility is accountability, and the Spolsky versus Bob Martin spat becomes a case for testing Agile practices, grasping their reasons, and refusing dogma.
2009 - July
3 posts[Off-Topic] Reference Books 2008-2009
A reading list on Lean, Agile, management, complexity, and science reveals the path that led the author to connect self-organization, continuous learning, and democratic organizations.
[Off-Topic] Agility, Chaos, Self-Organization
The text connects Agile with complex systems, chaos, emergence, and power laws. The thesis is that organizations learn and innovate best at the edge of chaos, though provoking disorder carries risks.
[Off-Topic] Negotiable Scope Contract
The author contrasts fixed- and negotiable-scope contracts: trying to freeze uncertainty turns problems into disputes and losses, while prioritized deliveries and collaboration reduce risk.
2009 - February
1 postTranslation: Flaccid Scrum
A translation of Martin Fowler's 'Flaccid Scrum': adopting Scrum without technical practices sinks the team into a messy codebase. Notes on testing, refactoring, frequent integration, and collective ownership.
2008 - October
1 postOff-Topic: The Agile Manifesto, or How to Become Google
Agility comes from philosophy, trust, and self-organizing teams; methodology alone won't do. From the Agile Manifesto to Conway, Pareto, Wikipedia, and Google: why open source culture breeds innovation.
2008 - February
1 postTranslation: I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know How to Get It
The translation separates iterative development, which expects a solution to be validated and changed, from incremental development, which adds functionality. The point is to plan room to discover, refine, and discard.
2007 - September
1 postTranslation: Counting Is a Waste of Time
The translation criticizes counting tasks, estimates, and hours when those numbers do not guide decisions. A case involving 20 to 25 tasks a day exposes the waste of measurement.