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Years ago I read the book, The Art of Doing Twice the Work In Half the Time[^], by Jeff Sutherland (one of the 17 signatories[^] on the original Agile Manifesto)
The original 12 principles [^] were great guidance (not a methodology).
Anyways, that book was really good & offered A Methodology (SCRUM) that could be used by Companies to create a (paraphrase) "system for creating software which was flexible.") But of course companies took it and made it so Legalistic that it devolved into garbage.
Of course, Agile (which is different from Agile Scrum) & Scrum have both been so altered by so many consultants and books that none of it means anything to anyone any more.
If You Read Nothing Else, Read This Quote About Agile (or watch the video)
I was watching this 9-year old video of Allen Holub and he makes this statement (click here[^] for the moment he makes the statement in YouTube video)
Allen Holub "By the same token, Agile requires constant feedback and constant interaction with users which means that an actual end-user of your software must be in the room while you are developing. If you're not doing that, you're not doing Agile."
My Reply
Well, then, glad we had this little talk. No one is doing Agile, then.
POLL: The Big Question
Have you ever been on a project where the user actually sits in the same room (or even building) as the developers?
I've worked for numerous companies for >33 years in IT & I've never seen this done. Ever.
I can't even remember having an actual user in the same building for a half day.
Have you ever been on a project where you've had a User's time 100% of the time during the project -- the entire time the project is being developed?
Steve Jobs : iPod
The story is that Steve Jobs wanted 1000 songs in his pocket. Yes, we could probably consider him the User and he had Ultimate Power & Authority and so he was able to drive to a product like that.
Netflix? Spotifiy?
Yes, there have probably been some "developer-driven" projects like that (Netflix? Spotify?) but they are so ridiculous that they should _never_ be held out as examples.
Summary
Agile is 100% fake.
Multi-Headed Hydra Monster
The only way it isn't fake is because it is a Multi-headed Hydra Monster.
Every time you hack one of the monster's heads off (Scrum[^] begone!) another head grows back SaFE Agile[^].
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No updates in "The Insider News" for over a week.
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Agreed, I'm missing my daily dose of snappy remarks. Hope all is well??
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I had almost decided to come make a post inquiring about how one immigrates and acquires the same vacation plan.
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. -Frederick Nietzsche
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My UPS went out and I need to get another on. There are so many different flavors. I'm not really sure what I need. What I'm really looking for is something to kick in & keep me powered if the power goes out.
I'm looking on Amazon and I see many different ones with XXX Amps & xxx Volts. Some say 'Surge & Battery', and some say just 'Surge'. Some are a mix of both. Some have a 'data line' option.
What's the basic idea? What do I really need?
In theory, theory and practice are the same. But in practice, they never are.”
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
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Thanks
In theory, theory and practice are the same. But in practice, they never are.”
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
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Good Morning Jeremy,
Have you had the opportunity to "test" your setup with a real power failure?
I am curious as to how well it worked, and if the pretty lights looked nice in the dark 
Best wishes from Minnesota,
Craig
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Craig Robbins wrote: Have you had the opportunity to "test" your setup with a real power failure?
Unfortunately, yes. Where I live now the power loves to flicker on and off a lot. It's the reason I got it. It handles up to 900w, but with my monitors and PSU I can draw that much much no problem.
So, if I'm going all out, the power probably won't last that long, but it's certainly long enough for me to quit what I'm doing and shutdown properly. And it handles the flickers like a champ.
I've only had it for about a year though, so we'll see how long it hangs in there.
Jeremy Falcon
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I'm with you. Back in beginning of 2020 I bought APC and I bought them at the local Best Buy because I wanted to insure they weren't knock-offs.
I bought smaller ones because I knew I just needed 30 minutes or so because we have surges and short outages all the time.
I now have 3 of these units (2 keeping the network up & 1 for one particular computer).
APC is the way to go. 
My five-year old unit is still keeping me up and running during short outages.
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raddevus wrote: I now have 3 of these units (2 keeping the network up & 1 for one particular computer).
Dang man, what kinda set up you got? I mean nice... 
raddevus wrote: My five-year old unit is still keeping me up and running during short outages.
Good to know, bring on the storms... wut wut.
Jeremy Falcon
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I had no idea either, and did much the same as Jeremy.
The main problem I had was delivery - if it's lead acid based, then it's HEAVY - and the first two that were delivered had clearly been dropped / thrown / fallen off the truck and had to go back. And given that the max distance it could travel in the UK is around 800 miles, that doesn't bode well ...
The third one was fine, and lasted a couple of years before just dying when the power failed - batteries were fine, but when it switched to backup, it stopped powering it's own electronics ... 
I didn't replace it.
"Data line" I think menas a USB connection to your PC so you can monitor battery power etc. Handy, but the PC software tends to be pretty ropey.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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What have you got now ?
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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No UPS - it was just too much hassle.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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That's the conclusion I came to.
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I would say that unless power cuts are extremely common in your part of the world, and/or you have mission-critical equipment that cannot be turned off, a UPS is a waste of money. A UPS large enough to run heavy hardware for a significant amount of time (an hour or more) does not come cheap. I have surge protectors on all my equipment, and that's it.
Power cuts are extremely rare in my part of the world, so I don't really worry about them. I use laptops (attached to desktop monitors) for my work, so they have a "built-in" UPS. The local telephone company provides internet over fiber, and if that ever goes down (it hasn't yet...) I have a large enough data package on my mobile phone that I can use it as a backup.
The only things that I would need to power via UPS are the Wi-Fi access point and the fiber router, and for those tiny loads any UPS will do. Adding the desktop monitors would require a slightly larger UPS, but for the few minutes of power cuts a year I can work quite well with the laptop and a mobile phone connection.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I was going to write exactly that ! I second every word of it.
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