Irish History
(Totally Relevant)
(Totally Relevant)
This patron saint is known for “driving out snakes,” similar to how we remove bugs right before release
Who is St. Patrick?
This electric-type mascot is the face of the Pokémon franchise
What is Pikachu?
The resource used to cast spells, similar to compute resources in systems
What is mana?
A reusable block of code that performs a specific task
What is a function/method?
A short daily meeting to sync progress
What is daily standup?
The 1840s event that caused mass migration and probably still explains why half of Boston is Irish
What is the Great Irish Famine?
The device used by trainers to capture Pokémon in the wild
What is a Poké Ball?
The playable set of cards a player builds, similar to assembling a system architecture
What is a deck?
A data structure that follows last-in, first-out
What is a stack?
Ceremony where work is reviewed and everything “mostly works”
What is sprint review?
Daily Double
What is The Troubles?
This mechanic allows certain Pokémon to change into stronger forms, often requiring a certain level
What is evolution?
A strategy that overwhelms opponents quickly, similar to committing too much in one sprint
What is an aggro deck?
Process of finding and fixing issues in code
What is debugging?
A prioritized list of work items
What is the backlog?
This famous Irish export lowers productivity in the late afternoon and increases storytelling quality
What is Guinness?
This rare alternate-colored Pokémon variant has increased odds in modern games but was once incredibly hard to find
What is a shiny Pokémon?
A rule defining how and when actions can occur, similar to execution order in code
What is the stack?
Code that works but nobody understands, or refactoring that keeps getting pushed off.
What is technical debt?
Meeting where we discuss what went wrong but promise it won’t happen again
What is a retrospective?
Legendary island said to be hidden by mist, much like that feature we “definitely built but can’t find”
What is Hy-Brasil?
The region where the original Pokémon Red and Blue games take place
What is Kanto?
A long, slow strategy that wins eventually, like a project that takes 3 quarters
What is a control deck?
A system so critical that no one understands it, but everyone is afraid to change it
What is the legacy monolith?
Role responsible for removing blockers but somehow ends up scheduling more meetings
What is a Scrum Master?