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Bouncy Balls and Agile Orgs

02 Aug 2026

Go and watch Steve Mould's video about bouncing balls and trampolines. I'll summarise the bits I care about here, but the video's really good. And I guess the rest of this post contains spoilers for it?

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Tags: agile management programming tdd tech xp

Introducing the Grumpystack Analogue Public Licence

28 Jun 2026

Introducing The Grumpystack Analogue Public Licence.

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Tags: art internet silly

Ok. Let's talk about it.

04 May 2026

In the 90s, I was one of quite a few angry linux-evangelizing teenagers who hated Microsoft with the kind of all-consuming passion usually only available to the blissfully young and inexperienced.

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Tags: programming tech tech-industry philosophy

You probably don't need Microsoft Github

06 Apr 2026

New on grumpystack.uk : You probably don't need Microsoft Github

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Tags: internet sysadmin ux web grumpy

The Internet Loves Diversity

05 Apr 2026

It's in the name. The Inter Net. An interconnected network of networks.

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Tags: tech-industry internet philosophy politics ux web grumpy
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