How could you pretend to be Agile if you don’t even know Scrum rituals? That’s more or less what I’ve been asked in a recent (failed) interview. That was more subtle of course, but after being corrected on Scrum terminology, failing to recognize the prevalence of the retrospective over the other rituals probably sealed the outcome of the interview. I clearly didn’t convinced my interviewer. My last Scrum experience was ten years ago. And would probably be considered as…

How could you pretend to be Agile if you don’t even know Scrum rituals? That’s more or less what I’ve been asked in a recent (failed) interview. That was more subtle of course, but after being corrected on Scrum terminology, failing to recognize the prevalence of the retrospective over the other rituals probably sealed the outcome of the interview. I clearly didn’t convinced my interviewer. My last Scrum experience was ten years ago. And would probably be considered as…

Configure Vim from scratch From time to time, I review my tools/processes to keep what’s useful, ditch what is no longer necessary or even convenient, and improve what can be improved. As a developer, I spend a lot of time using the Vim text editor, so in this article I’ll spend some time rewriting my .vimrc. “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” ― Abraham Lincoln