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Hate Driven Development

I’ve used the term a few times, and now it’s time to officially coin it: Hate Driven Development. It’s when you come to hate working on something so much that it inspires a surge of productivity that leads to completion. Most projects that involve this methodology include a procrastination phase.


34 Comments

Good stuff

Posted by Doug on 15 July 2009 @ 11am

I feel this way about mopping the floors.

Posted by Cameron Barrett on 15 July 2009 @ 11am

This is perfect! Now that it’s coined.. I will have to use it too :)

Posted by Michael Rowe on 16 July 2009 @ 2pm

I’d slap the last PHP project I was party to with this label.

Posted by Nathan L. Walls on 19 July 2009 @ 8pm

Congrats, R — you’ve started a Meme…. :)

Posted by Eric Maynard on 22 July 2009 @ 3pm

I used this methodology when I was coding in ColdFusion two years back.

Posted by Ahmad on 23 July 2009 @ 8am

woah :) , pure awesomeness !!! I usually get stuck at the procrastination phase.

Posted by Dipankar on 23 July 2009 @ 9am

haha. also motivated by people stealing my lunch from the office fridge.

Posted by lrw on 23 July 2009 @ 11am

A term I’ve used to describe projects or companies that overtly micromanage work is “Gestapo Driven Development”.

I’ve found that after having had to work under “Gesto Driven Development” it usually leads to “Hate Driven Development”.

Posted by Mel Gray on 23 July 2009 @ 2pm

I love it!

Posted by irms on 23 July 2009 @ 2pm

So true.

Posted by Nicolas on 23 July 2009 @ 4pm

I get stuck in the procrastination portion of this equation.

Posted by Nora-li on 23 July 2009 @ 5pm

The debugging in IE phase…

Posted by ax on 23 July 2009 @ 11pm

Replace the word ‘development’ with the word ‘life’.

Posted by Optimist on 24 July 2009 @ 4am

It’s like you reached into my heart and touched my soul.

Posted by Paul McClean on 24 July 2009 @ 6am

Java is always big on HDD

Posted by Anon on 24 July 2009 @ 9am

Wondering what “Hate Driven Testing” would be like – I think its already hate driven ;)

Posted by Vipul Gaur on 24 July 2009 @ 9pm

Love and hate are really close – your hate and anger may turn into love by accomplishing the tasks you hate. For me the idea is clear but not the boundaries between love and hate.

Posted by Fabiano on 27 July 2009 @ 10am

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  1. This has me chuckling, only because I recognise it: http://tinyurl.com/meap9p

  2. abbandona agile, lean e quant’altro e passa a hdd :) http://bit.ly/16Vqo3

  3. Hate Driven Development is my main inspiration right now. http://bit.ly/16Vqo3

  4. Ppl are damn innovative atleast in coining terms … http://tinyurl.com/meap9p

  5. Hate Driven Development – I think this has happened to me a few times. http://bit.ly/16Vqo3

  6. Hate Driven Development http://bit.ly/16Vqo3 :-) Love the blog’s by-line: “Strong opinions weakly held” #fb

  7. Nowadays I follow TestDriven development, but once in a while I fall into Hate Driven Development mode. http://bit.ly/16Vqo3

  8. Hate driven development — http://bit.ly/16Vqo3. I can relate.

  9. “Hate Driven Development” http://bit.ly/16Vqo3 – Myslim, že to znám ;-)

  10. RT @mamuf: “Hate Driven Development” http://bit.ly/16Vqo3 – Myslim, že to znám ;-)

  11. “Most projects that involve this methodology include a procrastination phase.” http://bit.ly/16Vqo3 (via @MercerTraieste)

  12. http://bit.ly/16Vqo3 pretty much describes my current state… #hate

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