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Starting a new project – refactoring an existing system

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Steve Donie

Well, the team is starting on a new project. Our company is in a situation that is probably familiar to many people. We have some existing code, we have data in the database, everything ‘sorta’ works. But now we want … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Break out the popcorn, it’s movie time!

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Steve Donie

My team just finished up our most recent project – we spent about 4 months writing what we call a loader. It is basically an automated process that loads data from one database into another. Over the past 2 years, … Continue reading →

Posted in agile, analysis, burndown, ProjectManagement, retrospective | 3 Comments

newest Los Techie

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Steve Donie

Thanks to all the Los Techies for inviting me to join the group. For those who haven’t met me, I am software developer and team lead in Austin Texas. I currently work for Drillinginfo, a smallish company that gathers data … Continue reading →

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