One of the big dangers is to pretend that you can follow a predictable process when you can't.

Never in the annals of software engineering was so much owed by so many to so few lines of code

So I hope I’ve made clear that imposing agile methods is a very red flag.

If you're afraid to change something it is clearly poorly designed.

In almost all cases, I’m opposed to setting aside time for refactoring. In my view refactoring is not an activity you set aside time to do. Refactoring is something you do all the time in little bursts.

One of the big dangers is to pretend that you can follow a predictable process when you can't.

I can't choose whether someone is offended by my actions. I can choose whether I care.