In defense of rabbit holes
There’s something about struggling with a problem that really fixes it in the brain.
Elves & Taxes
Overall it's been kind of nice to remember, oh, yeah, I really like The Lord of the Rings.
Delightful software
Stop starting, start finishing
Advice for pair programming that you'll hate
So you’re stuck watching your pair do things. You don’t understand what’s going on, and you can’t seem to get enough of a handle on the problem to be able to contribute. How do you get out of this situation?
Pairing is for peacocks
Pairing gives engineers a way to show off to each other without shipping really complicated stuff.