Post #3683180
2026-07-08 23:14 UTC
@marick@mstdn.social
I’m not sure that “agile as practiced” has any sort of consistency or coherent meaning beyond each particular workspace. The movement was predominantly vibe-based from the beginning, and I don’t think it ever really had the kind of sharp focus that leads to consistency across orgs. Wearing my software consulting hat, whenever a place says that they use agile, I always answer, “Great, and what does that mean to you?“
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@paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange 2026-07-08 23:36
@inthehands@hachyderm.io @marick@mstdn.social agile evangelists will assure you that agile is a mindset, not a set of rules, methods, or procedures. way too many team leads, PMs, etc. didn't get that memo and treat it like the bible, including the blind faith and lack of consistent interpretations. it also doesn't do well in places with work that doesn't break up cleanly into 2 week intervals (i.e. months long time frames to do some tasks), nor does it handle blockers being other teams/code your team doesn't control. kanban, SAFE, and other efforts to rein this in tend to just add to the confusion.