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Mar 23, 2014 35 min

IM 167: Cargo Cult Development

from Independent Misinterpretations Hosted by James Robertson, David Buck

Welcome to episode 167 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck. This week James and David talk about "Cargo Cult Development" practices - things that become common practice in a developent shop that may have once made sense, but no longer do. You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes (or any other podcatching software) using this feed directly or in iTunes with this one. To listen now, you can either download the mp3 edition, or the AAC edition. The AAC edition comes with chapter markers. You can subscribe to either edition of the podcast directly in iTunes; just search for Smalltalk and look in the Podcast results. You can subscribe to the mp3 edition directly using this feed, or the AAC edition using this feed using any podcatching software. You can also download the podcast in ogg format. If you like the music we use, please visit Josh Woodward's site. We use the song Troublemaker for our intro/outro music. I'm sure he'd appreciate your support! If you have feedback, send it to [email protected] - or visit us on Facebook - you can subscribe in iTunes using this iTunes enabled feed.. If you enjoy the podcast, pass the word - we would love to have more people hear about Smalltalk! Tags: smalltalk, development standards

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James and David talk about some of the "old wives tales" that tend to proliferate in development shops.

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