Let's be Fwends #156:

On Sleep

The Veil Nebula, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope

"Why are the drunken more easily moved to tears?"

~Aristotle, Problemata

Hey and welcome to Let's be Fwends #156. I came down with a nasty bug so I'm afraid this is going to be a short one.

On Sleep

I've been telling you: Rest is important!

Here's an article in Nature on sleep, and how it is not just a vital activity for the brain, but the body as a whole.

I Changed My Mind

Specifically, I changed my mind in regards to wether agile software teams should estimate bugs. For years, I followed the mainstream recommendation, advising teams against estimating. Recently, I came to the conclusion that estimating bugs does make sense.

Why Is The World Loosing Color?

"In (Immanuel Kants) view, color neither touches reason nor elevates the mind."

As someone dressing mostly in white, black and grey, I feel accused, and convicted.

13 Animals Made From 13 Cycles

This one really aged well. 9 years ago, taking inspiration from Twitter's logo redesign, Dorota Pankowska created 13 Animals our of 13 perfect cycles.

I wish I was patient enough to wait for another four years before posting this.

Let's Be Fwends From The Past

Let's be Fwends #83, published on 2021-04-24, looked at doing Agile without being agile, a thing that is depressingly common today as well.

And one year ago, in Let's be Fwends #131, we talked about the idea of Exit Criteria: To stop doing something once you've created a certain outcome, not when a deadline has arrived.

That's it from this edition of Let's be Fwends. A bit late, but still on time. 💪