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I was today years old when I first encountered the angry github rainbow unicorn.
IT Support Mensch zu Kollegen:
“But one day I will make you create a ticket.”
Experience has taught me that the busier a dev team looks, typically the less they're actually getting done.

S-Bahn in Berlin. 4 Jungs albern rum. Ein Typ mit Metal-Shirt steigt ein, keiner beachtet ihn - bis er seinen Ausweis zückt: "Fahrkarten bitte."
Die Jungs suchen ihre Tickets raus, einer sagt leise: "Hab's vergessen."
Ein Kumpel: "Ich hab'n Tagesticket, kann ich ihn da nicht mitnehmen?"
Kontrolleur: "Hm. Da kannst'n Hund mitnehm'."
Der ohne Ticket: "Dann bin ich wohl dran."
Kontrolleur: "Nicht so schnell. Du könntest ja ... bellen."
Der Junge: "Wuff?"
Kontrolleur: "Schönen Abend."

❤️ Berlin.

Test-Driven Development is about test coverage in much the same way that flying is about air miles.

A few have pointed out to me — justifiably! — that I have a third option:

• Keep on keeping on

That's true! But the speed/efficiency gains are hard to ignore (when it works), and I can't help but feel like I'm getting left behind.

I don't want to embrace the fact that I'm becoming a crotchety old guy. I want to fight back! 🥊

Being able to write code and being able to keep writing code are two very different beasts to wrangle with.

Any software development methodology A can be made to look like any other software development methodology B if the feedback loops in A are faster than in B.

Learning can always be made to look like planning with the benefit of hindsight.

And, no, it doesn't work the other way around.

Jedes mal, wenn die österr. Bundesregierung eine neue Landingpage bastelt wundere ich mich, dass es DE nicht geschafft hat, sich ein ".gv.at" Pendant zu schaffen.

Mit emove-austria.gv.at gibt es nun einen umfassenden Überblick zu Zahlen, Daten, Fakten & Förderungen rund um E-Mobilität in #österreich
https://emove-austria.gv.at/

Just in case the "batteries and cold don't mix" trope is still alive:

A couple Austrians drive their 40 tonne electric truck to the northernmost point in Europe at -40°C, and back.

Not some kind of experimental truck. Off-the-shelf e-truck.

https://www.electrive.net/2026/01/15/winter-wagnis-oesterreichisches-ehepaar-schafft-es-im-e-sattelzug-zum-nordkap/

#climate #cars #energy