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How did you sign a contract to an Agile project? (not how you think you would, how you did) To execute an Agile project you first need a contract. No contract – no project! No project – no Agile, SCRUM or whatsoever! The contract, if we are talking about mid to big projects, must have well defined safety triggers. I.e. customers want to be very... Started by Dandikas on Thursday, April 09, 2009, 8 posts by 8 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): Once they and you know that you can trust each other to build the right product regular deployments are difficult to price.... Typically, they ask to develop trust. And you start delivering value to the customer, they are rarely unhappy.

I hear there be some black magic, so that if you say it to you’r ISP you get a static IP for free. I'm sure I once heard a bloke say that if you complain to you ISP about a certain network problem they'll just assign you a static IP for free. I just can't remember what that certain problem was.. That is for intellectual curiosity of course. Bless you... Started by gkdm on Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 4 posts by 4 people.   Read the full thread at superuser Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser): While obtaining static IP addresses is not 'black magic' but... . The answer is still the same as when you asked this on serverfault : If your ISP won't give you a static IP just because you asked politely, it's time to get a real ISP.

How do you make Vim take you back where you were when you last edited a file? How do you make Vim take you back where you were when you last edited a file? My work computer has this feature, but not my home computer! How do you set Vim to remember in which part of a file you were when you last edited it? EDIT: just to be more precise... Started by static_rtti on Thursday, November 05, 2009, 7 posts by 7 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): Whenever you are done.... This is a dirty solution. You can read about the other customization options here . '0 // (single quote followed by zero) take you to place you last edited First, check that your data into ~/.viminfo .

What things didn't you know you needed but are now very glad you have? Take a programmer that has never used source control, show them what it does, and their eyes light up... the benefits are obvious but until they actually see it most people had never considered the existence of such a tool. What other such things exist... Started by DrStalker on Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 145 posts by 140 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): Particularly if you use something like Hudson , since you can graph all sorts of interesting data (test numbers, code coverage.(Or at least the best I've ever.... I second the suggestion of a Continuous Integration server. And brace styles.

What do you wish you knew before you spent hours trying to fix a bug in IE6 Mine would have to be the float and margin bugs... If you float an element, and then specify a margin for it, it will double the margin. The solution to this is to add display: inline to the element. This will stop the double margin, and all other browsers... Started by alex on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 21 posts by 21 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): In addition/ (like gtalbot, it'll take you .... For example, if you.) In summary: don't use transparent background PNGs if you want it to work in IE6. Probably that SELECT elements dont render with the correct z-order . Supported...

If you had one month to work on anything you wanted, what would you do? Here's the scenario: You've just quit your last job and you've got another one lined up in one month. You want to improve yourself as a raw coder, not so much to learn <insert latest hot technology here > but you want to do something that will benefit... Started by eviljack on Monday, January 19, 2009, 24 posts by 23 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): To 'move.... I'm sure you could waste a week, a month, a year or any other length of free time doing them and as long as you are properly trying you be totally unstoppable. Do some code kata. Better spent than getting fat at my desk.

"Don't you move mother f , I will shoot you! I will shoot you where you stand!" "Don't you move mother f , I will shoot you! I will shoot you where you stand!" You go Grandma! This old bitty reminds me of my own Great-Grandmother; tough as nails and "ain't take'n shit from noBODY!" http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/...-shoot-/nHG... Started by Political_Man on Friday, January 27, 2012, 20 posts by 8 people.   Read the full thread at tampaforums Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at tampaforums): They have a weapon, you draw on them and instead of shooting you pull the movie cop angle and ask them not trained.... They said that if you pull your gun you MUST be in fear of your life in which case you're pulling it to use.

How do you know if you are a bad programmer? Or how do you tell someone they are? It is a seemingly taboo subject. I imagine I want people to tell me I have a bad idea or did something totally wrong... but no one ever does. Of course I am part of the same problem, a good friend of mine is really smart, reads tech blogs, and goes to... Started by David on Saturday, September 20, 2008, 15 posts by 15 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): The Dunning Kreuger effect.... In a workplace setting, talk to your boss if you believe a colleague is incapable of doing his job properly and pride. Don't insult their skill, just address the problems at hand and try to help where you can.

If you knew then what you know now, what language(s) will you start learning first? I will probably start with C and then Lisp. Although I started programming in C, I did not program in it as much as I want. It's fun working with the low level stuff. Learning C helped me a lot when I started working. I've only started learning Lisp now... Started by John on Monday, August 11, 2008, 15 posts by 15 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): (I think assembler is a step too far, because it gets you.... Even if you never use C again, it's worth learning because it gets you so much closer to the machine. Is frustrating and difficult at first, but it teaches you a lot.

Do you generate code? If so, what do you use and what do you generate? I've used MyGeneration, and I love it for generating code that uses Data Access Applicaiton Blocks from Microsoft for my Data Access Layer, and keeping my database concepts in sync with the domain I am modeling. Although, it took a steeper than expected... Started by on Thursday, September 18, 2008, 25 posts by 25 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): I've used code generation for swizzle functions primarily used LLBLGen Pro to generate code... . Code generator that as of v2.1, no longer requires ActiveRecord (you can use the Repository Pattern things you want to do that is not built in.