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Our Daily Stand-up Is 15 Minutes. It Has Never Once Been 15 Minutes.

Ten in the morning. The daily stand-up starts on time, which turns out to be the last thing about it that goes to plan. We're eight developers on a scrum team, all remote.

  • Daily stand-up meeting is strictly 15 minutes, but often exceeds duration.
  • Facilitator changes daily, no central authority to enforce time limit.
  • Meeting extends to 30 minutes due to cross-team coordination and unresolved issues.

Software marketplaces have forgotten who they're supposed to serve

I've spent a lot of time thinking about software marketplaces. And the more I looked at them, the more I kept coming back to the same question: When did the marketplace become the most important party…

  • Software marketplaces prioritize profits over developer/buyer needs
  • Lyrinox Market introduces LMVO for software ownership
  • Continuity Program ensures software availability post-developer shutdown

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