#ensembleProgramming

Steve Fenton ➜stevefenton
2025-07-03

Meanwhile in DevOps No.35

Ellis bans ensemble programming

Ellis walks into the dev team's office. Arlo and Blake are sat together working, with some sticky notes on the desk next to them. Ellis is looking stressed.

"What the heck are you two doing?" Ellis asks in horror.

Arlo and Blake look up from their work.

"We're pair programming," Arlo responds.

"We can't afford to pay two developers and only get 1 feature," Ellis rants. "You're lucky all the managers and stakeholders missed this while they're in that three-hour change control board meeting!"
2025-04-28

"An ensembling approach to making legacy code habitable" will be Giorgio Sironi's talk at phpday25.

#phpday25 #PHP #Legacy #ensembleprogramming #remote-first #tooling #continuousdelivery

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phpday - 22nd edition
The annual gathering for developers, professionals, and PHP enthusiasts.
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📍Verona (Italy) | 📆 May 15-16, 2025
Tickets bit.ly/41J6UP3

Mark Bradleybraddle
2025-02-27

If you enjoyed this talk and are wondering how to introduce or to your team.

You might enjoy my talk: Pairing, Sharing, Caring

On Friday at 15:45 in conference room 2

Maaret Pyhäjärvimaaretp@mas.to
2025-02-18

Reading how "7 days of work was done in 5 hours", I am thinking back on how #EnsembleProgramming made a 6-month work be ready in a week.

We have no idea of the size of a thing before we implement it. I wish we weren't asked to guess, buffer and overexplain when we learn.

2025-01-14

Ran a version of the Mob Programming RPG today with a group of interns [*]. That is such a good tool: people get really into it and you can see the evolution with each turn.

[*] And @de_bruxaria whom we'll turn into a dev one day

#EnsembleProgramming #MobProgramming #JuniorDevs

2024-12-23

Vor glaub' ein paar Wochen bin ich (m.E.n. hier im Fediverse) auf einen (m.E. guten) Artikel oder Blogpost mit Erfahrungen & Empfehlungen zum Ausprobieren & Einführen von #EnsembleProgramming a.k.a. #Teaming, #MobProgramming gestoßen. Wollte ich nun nochmal lesen, kann aber weder die verlinkende Fediverse-Nachricht noch den Artikel/Blogpost wiederfinden. 😵‍💫

#FollowerPower: Kann sich jemand daran erinnern? 🥺

(Untenstehend, was ich noch über den Artikel/Blogpost zu wissen glaube. [🧵 1 / 2])

Maaret Pyhäjärvimaaretp@mas.to
2024-08-07

Industrial Logic now has #EnsembleProgramming cheat sheet. industriallogic.com/cheat-shee

I get joy in the fact that the rename started with me and @deniseyu when it spreads to sources I consider somewhat more authoritative.

2024-08-07

"Interestingly, the AI smells can arise not only from relying solely on GitHub Copilot but also from solo coding.

This is because our brains have a natural tendency towards laziness and gravitate towards familiar and repetitive tasks, as these require less cognitive effort. This tendency can lead us to take shortcuts and overlook important considerations."

#ai #smells #tdd #ensembleprogramming #pairprogramming

thoughtworks.com/insights/blog

Thomas Muchthmuch
2024-07-28

Look what was in the mail ✉️ this weekend! 😎

Some mob.sh stickers 🤩
from the makers and maintainers of this most useful tool for synchronous remote collaboration 🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻

Thank you @joshuatoepfer 🙏



2024-05-17

We need to make sure to put what was communicated into reality, until then we cannot assume that it's understood. And the best way to collaborate well is #ensembleProgramming.
#NewCrafts2024

My big point:

It's not until we attempt to fulfill the purpose of the communication that we can begin communicating.Collaboration enhances communication.

Communicate at a very high level

Communicate the details as discovered

Communicate face to face or side by side.

Communicate in rapid loops.

Verify by actual results.

It's in the doing of the work.
Jérôme Petazzonijpetazzo@hachyderm.io
2024-04-19

Dernière après-midi à #Devoxx ; je vais découvrir le #MobProgramming (ou encore #EnsembleProgramming ou #SoftwareTeaming) dans la présentation de Marjorie Aubert et Alexandre Victoor.

L'aspect qui m'intéresse c'est le côté "on-boarding" notamment l'intégration de juniors. Ça va aussi parler de mélange télétravail / sur site, sujet important pour moi aussi 😁

Photo de Marjorie et Alexandre au début de leur talk
Arnaud Langlandearnolanglade
2024-04-10

👯‍♂️ Travailler en solo ? Pas vraiment mon truc !

🖼️ Image : monkeyuser.com

🧠 Plusieurs cerveaux valent mieux qu'un pour résoudre un problème. C'est aussi l'occasion parfaite pour échanger nos savoirs, tant en business qu'en tech.

J'explique 🧵 👇 [1/4]

Mark Bradleybraddle
2024-02-26

Just finished reading a , whole team approach.

Great book would highly recommend for anyone that is or thinking of teaming.

This now makes me a certifiable software teamer. Off to update my cv.

Other-worldly Hughhughrawlinson@mastodon.xyz
2024-02-24

Are there any directories of companies that do ensemble programming? I know it’s niche, but I think if companies were to specifically make it part of their hiring pitch (and then actually follow through of course), it would be a big selling point. #pairprogramming #ensembleprogramming #mobprogramming

Maaret Pyhäjärvimaaretp@mas.to
2024-01-19

This week as manager included something very much akin to #EnsembleProgramming and oh my, that was powerful. I learned that people don't know things they should know. I learned that things come too fast without sufficient reflection to turn them to learnings. I learned that people could succeed better given more clarity through limiting things we are learning simultaneously.

I already made changes to provide slightly better support. I still think we should pair / ensemble more.

Maaret Pyhäjärvimaaretp@mas.to
2024-01-17

With #EnsembleProgramming, we talk about time together being worthwhile as long as we are either #Learning or #Contributing. Today I need to add that learning the same thing every day again is not really what I mean by learning. Learning should accrue. We need to figure out ways of practicing in a way where we are likely to retain information.

2024-01-10

What is more expensive?

#CodingStandards
#EnsembleProgramming

2023-12-03

Hello! #introduction

I just migrated from hachyderm.io/@mattwynne which was 👍🏻, but I have been meaning to move over here for some time because I love the initiative to democratically run our social media!

I'm from the UK originally, now based in Nelson, BC.

I'm a generalist/polyglot programmer. I lead the github.com/cucumber #opensource project and I'm known for coaching teams in technical practices like #TDD/#BDD and #EnsembleProgramming.

Also #SkiTouring and generally #MountainLiving

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