XP Manchester
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XP Manchester is a language agnostic software development user group with the prime directive of helping software developers work smarter.
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Joined February 2013
Hello 👋. You're following XP Manchester and #xpman on Twitter, but are you following the conversation on our mailing list?. has been around for over fourteen years -- so it's high time we all gave it some love. Make sure you're a member today 🙂.
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Thanks for taking over hosting Leon!. (And if you're reading this, make sure you're in the email group so that you hear news and announcements before anyone else: . #xpman.
Some great conversations at @XPManchester 's lean coffee morning earlier. I jotted some thoughts down here: #xpman #xp.
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Don't forget it's #xpman this week!. Thursday 8th, 0730 for a 0745 start, UK time. All the details can be found here:Â Hopefully see you there!.
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I posted a meeting report from today's #xpman lean coffee:. Apologies for LI's link shortener ruining that post; you can read the original by joining our mailing list at :-).
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Many thanks to everyone who came to XP Manchester this morning -- a few "old hands", a bunch of "recent regulars" and two first-timers. Today we discussed: * Have you tried outside-in development?...
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Reminder -- it's #xpman this week!. Thursday 11th, 0730 for a 0745 start, UK time. To take part, see
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Our monthly Lean Coffee ([leancoffee.org](https://leancoffee.org/)) is a chance to discuss all matters eXtreme Programming-related with your friends and peers. Everyone is
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Would any of you lovely #xpman regulars fancy taking over hosting duties for a few months?. (I have too much going on right now, so I won't be able to attend most months, unfortunately). ^KR.
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Don't forget there's another XP Manchester lean coffee this week!. Doors open 0730 GMT Thursday 9th March; discussion starts at 0745 and runs until 0845. Joining info here: Hope to see you there!. #xpman.
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Don't forget: XP Manchester is back this week!. That's right, your favourite lean coffee morning: Thursday 9th Feb, doors open 0730 GMT for a 0745 start; finish at 0845. Joining instructions can be found at Please RT, and I hope to see you there!. #xpman.
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Our monthly Lean Coffee ([leancoffee.org](https://leancoffee.org/)) is a chance to discuss all matters eXtreme Programming-related with your friends and peers. Everyone is
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This month's coffee morning meetup, scheduled for Thursday 12th, is CANCELLED due to illness. Apologies, and hope to see you in February. #xpman.
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There will be no XP Manchester meeting in December. So our next coffee morning will be January 12th 2023. See you there!. #xpman.
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And if you're on Mastodon, don't forget to follow the #xpman hashtag for updates and news.
A quick reminder that this month's XP Manchester lean coffee morning is tomorrow, November 10th. Doors open 0730 for a 0745 start. Full details here: (you don't need to sign up or join, just follow the Zoom link). Hope to see you there! #xpman . 1/4.
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• When should we refactor -- all of the time, after finishing a feature, or before starting a feature?. Who knows what will come up this month?!. See you tomorrow at 0745 for more of the same. 4/4.
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• Should senior developers be allowed to write code? (or should they focus primarily on teaching and mentoring?). • Has the software development world forgotten about XP's technical premise and the cost of change curve?. 3/4.
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Last month we chatted for an hour around the following topics:. • What does modern XP look like?. • Have software development practices stopped improving / evolving in the last 10 years or so?. 2/4.
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A quick reminder that this month's XP Manchester lean coffee morning is tomorrow, November 10th. Doors open 0730 for a 0745 start. Full details here: (you don't need to sign up or join, just follow the Zoom link). Hope to see you there! #xpman . 1/4.
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Of course, if you're on the XP Manchester email group you'll see messages like this in your inbox -- so please make sure you don't have the group muted 🙂. #xpman.
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