<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:series="http://unfoldingneurons.com/" ><channel><title>BrandonSavage.net &#187; Opinion</title> <atom:link href="http://www.brandonsavage.net/category/opinion/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.brandonsavage.net</link> <description>The personal blog of Brandon Savage. Contains entries of a personal and professional nature focusing on PHP, Apple, LAMP, MySQL and Washington, DC.</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:28:37 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1</generator> <item><title>The Fallacy of Sunk Cost</title><link>http://www.brandonsavage.net/the-fallacy-of-sunk-cost/</link> <comments>http://www.brandonsavage.net/the-fallacy-of-sunk-cost/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 11:00:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brandon Savage</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General PHP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fallacy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[refactoring]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rewriting]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sunk cost]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.brandonsavage.net/?p=1303</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last week, I began working on something that didn&#8217;t pan out. For whatever reason, I went down the wrong path, and ultimately abandoned the task I was working on. In discussing it with my boss, he mentioned to me that it was better to realize early on that something wouldn&#8217;t work than to trudge onward, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.brandonsavage.net/the-fallacy-of-sunk-cost/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The 15 Minute Rule Of Software Development</title><link>http://www.brandonsavage.net/the-15-minute-rule-of-software-development/</link> <comments>http://www.brandonsavage.net/the-15-minute-rule-of-software-development/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:00:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brandon Savage</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[15 minute rule]]></category> <category><![CDATA[application architecture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[design]]></category> <category><![CDATA[product design]]></category> <category><![CDATA[spec]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.brandonsavage.net/?p=1196</guid> <description><![CDATA[I talk a lot about how having a spec is a critical component of software development. But how do you know that your spec is good, and that it has been developed enough? Simply put, how do you distinguish between a good spec and a spec that is lacking? This problem had confounded me for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.brandonsavage.net/the-15-minute-rule-of-software-development/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>In Defense of Development Practices</title><link>http://www.brandonsavage.net/in-defense-of-development-practices/</link> <comments>http://www.brandonsavage.net/in-defense-of-development-practices/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:00:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brandon Savage</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[development process]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PHP]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.brandonsavage.net/?p=1187</guid> <description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Marco Tabini told us that we were doing it all wrong. He makes some fantastic points about software development overall, and about the state of our profession. This article&#8217;s point isn&#8217;t to be a rebuttal, but a corollary to what he had to say. Marco is right: every one of us is &#8220;doing [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.brandonsavage.net/in-defense-of-development-practices/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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