I don't think you explained it well from the boss's perspective. Why didn't he want you to rewrite the app from C++ to Ruby? Maybe it's not just that you did too much work, but that you're making things tougher for everyone else. Do you have other ruby developers on staff? Does the support staff know how to support a ruby app? Maybe he wants you to take a weekend off so that you can be fresh on Monday.
The truth is that most engineers are aware of what Agile is. It's a series of principles used to run a software development project. Agile isn't a set of tools or a movement or a methodology. It's only people who are selling tools or books or a viewpoint that talk like this.
From the trenches, I have never worked in Agile. I've worked with "agile" and I've worked in teams organized using agile principles. But, the orthodoxy has come from consultants, who were quickly shown the door.
"error-free Internet" is a fair description. Given suitable hardware and a connection, you can reliably send email, access Web servers, run Web services, regardless of distance. The errors, if they occur, tend not to be a the software level.
It's a subset of what NR provides. Bucky gives you aggregate stats on the performance of your endpoints and pages as experienced by your users. NR gives you that, and a bunch of other stuff which we hope to build as OS tools of their own some day.
I took the admittedly stupid approach of just clicking the link, while at work, with my office door open. As it turns out, it's on the up-and-up, all good, works as expected.
If you're talking about streampix, read the disclaimers [1] and see why Netflix still wins (availability, selection, not tethered to one set-top-box, always on-demand, no random fees/taxes tacked on, doesn't require bundling to a subscription level). Until that changes, Netflix has nothing to worry about.
"Not available in all areas. Set-top box required to access On Demand on TV. Programming not available On Demand in all areas. Basic Service subscription required to receive other levels of service. Not all programming available in all areas. Equipment, installation, taxes and franchise fees extra. Pricing subject to change. Streampix included with the following tiers of service: Blast Plus, HD Preferred Plus XF Triple Play, HD Premier XF Triple Play and HD Complete XF Triple Play. Services and features subject to change..."
It's not like Netflix is fantastic by itself. It's serviceable, but the player is very rudimentary, and often has severe issues with things like subtitles.
This. I work roughly 55 hours a week. I love my work, but I wish I didn't have to work so hard. We're constantly hiring, but always a couple hires behind the workload. Of course, it's my responsibility to oversee this process, so it's all my fault. Anyway...the ambiguity is obvious.
