Archive for January 2008

“But why didn’t you write it in Ruby…?”

I thought I’d answer a question that comes up from time to time about the Java development and redesign work going on for the Guardian Unlimited site: “Why didn’t you write it in Ruby?” I was reminded of this question because of an excellent post over at Manageability.org in which ceperez wonders aloud whether dynamic … Continue reading »

Burn-up and burn-down charts

I was surprised to see Ken Schwaber talking about burn-down charts, as burn-up charts provide more information and are — for me — the preferred option. So this is a short article about burn-up charts and burn-down charts, both great tools for measuring progress. First, though, a hat-tip to Ian Carroll, a colleague at MEN … Continue reading »