Dave Laribee

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• Early Tool Theory

  I got into a series of interesting conversations with the usual suspects , Austin edition , about tools . I wouldn't say we covered what I'm about to outline here in totality; these snippets are only starting to coalesce and firm up in my mind... Posted Apr 03 2008, 09:38 PM by Dave Laribee with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: lean, opinion, tools

• Mapping BDD

  In my last post I offered a concise snapshot of how I'm practicing Behavior-Driven Development. Based on feedback, it was probably a little too concise and meta to provide any kind of valuable takeaways or discussion points, so I'm going to unpack... Posted Mar 11 2008, 10:41 PM by Dave Laribee with | with 24 comment(s) Filed under: Agile, BDD, collective ownership, opinion, TDD

• What's Your ALT.NET?

  Rob Reynolds offers a valuable perspective on the whole how do you define ALT.NET riff in his "What's Your ALT.NET?" post: Passion . I love what I do and I get very passionate about it. I love to argue about the best way to go about architecting... Posted Dec 11 2007, 03:53 PM by Dave Laribee with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: ALT.NET, Community, opinion

• A Proposal for Splitting the ALT.NET List

  I saw something about breaking up the altnetconf Yahoo list and would like to propose an initial structure. To be clear: the purpose of this proposal is to address two questions about the current list: 1) Should we break up the list? 2) If yes, how should... Posted Dec 11 2007, 03:33 PM by Dave Laribee with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: ALT.NET, altnetconf, Community, Culture, Leadership, opinion

• System.Web.EatDirtMonoRail?

  Ben writes (emphasis his): System.Web.MVC will reach an audience that MonoRail doesn’t: The corporate giant who already swallowed the pill and will do anything that Microsoft pushes, good or bad . And a lot of consultants work firmly in this space. That's... Posted Oct 16 2007, 12:28 AM by Dave Laribee with | with 18 comment(s) Filed under: microsoft, monorail, mvc, open source, opinion, Rails, Ruby