Kill It With Fire is a good book about legacy software modernization. It has many practical advice, examples, and suggestions. I think it is missing something, but I am unsure what. I would have liked it to go more in-depth, more in practice, and more in the software part. Instead, as Bellotti says, the modernization of legacy systems is a people challenge, not a software challenge. You need to manage people, manage expectations, and keep up the momentum and the morale of the developers and managers.
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Deep Freewriting by Stephen Lloyd Webber
Writing for long stretches of time should not feel like hard work. The best ideas often only emerge after you …
Davide Aversa reviewed Kill It with Fire by Marianne Bellotti
“Kill it with fire,” the typical first reaction to a legacy system falling into obsolescence, …
A book about people
4 stars
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Kill It with Fire by Marianne Bellotti
“Kill it with fire,” the typical first reaction to a legacy system falling into obsolescence, is a knee-jerk approach that …
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Davide Aversa reviewed How to Be Free by Epictetus (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
A renewed classic
5 stars
This is a beautiful modern translation of Epictetus' Enchiridion with the addition of selected Discourses passages. The Enchiridion is one of my most influential books, so I cannot give it a worse rating.
This is a beautiful modern translation of Epictetus' Enchiridion with the addition of selected Discourses passages. The Enchiridion is one of my most influential books, so I cannot give it a worse rating.
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How to Say No by Diogenes, M.D. Usher (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
Davide Aversa quoted Yes! No! but Wait... ! by Tim Lott
Yes! No! But Wait…! is the most straightforward book on writing a novel ever published.
…This mysterious relationship of fiction with real life is why good stories compel us so much. And if it is true of everyone, it is certainly true of writers.
Davide Aversa rated Yes! No! but Wait... !: 4 stars
Yes! No! but Wait... ! by Tim Lott
Yes! No! But Wait…! is the most straightforward book on writing a novel ever published.
It is also the …
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Yes! No! but Wait... ! by Tim Lott
Yes! No! But Wait…! is the most straightforward book on writing a novel ever published.
It is also the …
Davide Aversa finished reading Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an …