Improving Podcasts

“Spartan Programming” is about making your code as succinct as possible along a few dimensions. In this podcast, Allen and Mike discuss the techniques, benefits, and consequences with Paul Holser.

Topics include:

• How it is and isn’t code golf
• “Programming in the small”
• Single-letter variables might not be the root of all evil.

Links:

• Spartan Programming wiki
• Jeff Atwood’s blog post
• Paul’s blog
• Paul’s web site
• Smashing Magazine article on _Why

Thanks for listening!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:26 — 15.4MB)

Agile adoption can and does go wrong. Often this is due to “playing Agile” by adopting only a few practices that are easy to implement, but do not fit the situation. In this podcast, Allen and Mike discuss how to avoid this with guest Gary McCants.

Links:

• Agile Adoption Patterns: A Roadmap to Organizational Success
• Allen’s blog post with the slides

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:48 — 13.8MB)