Remove 2000 Remove Agile Remove Continuous Deployment Remove Open Source
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Lessons Learned: A new version of the Joel Test (draft)

Startup Lessons Learned

He wrote it in 2000, and as far as I know has never updated it. I know plenty of people who prefer more advanced source control system, but my belief is that many agile practices diminish the importance of advanced features like branching. For more on continuous deployment, see Just-in-time Scalability.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

In Computer Science research, it is often better to open source an innovation than to go through the process of protecting it and then licensing it to a new startup. Since 2000 we have passed a number of laws and regulations that are killing innovation in the US. All three of the pillars have been under attack since 2000.

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