No, but your rules don't resonate with me even though I feel the same overall.
1) Not the best language, but not the worst either. There's no excuse except microcontrollers for C these days (even though I still like it) and the fairly decent JVM can't excuse Java. I think people can come up to speed in a new language pretty easily. It's paradigms that are hard to learn, not syntax.
2) Sounds like you don't have devops. That's a solve-it-once sort of problem. And you have to solve it soon enough for some pieces so it shouldn't be put off. You need to be good at it.
3) It certainly can. It is increasing the size of your system considerably - not just the original system, but also the debugging rules for that system plus (as noted) the debugging rules for the debugging rules ad-infinitum. But what do you propose as a solution? Perfectly trained humans on-call? A procedures manual as detailed as the hypothetical code?
4) Well, lack of CI seems insane regardless of what sort of architecture you have. It's a symptom of not understanding the tools.
5) Capitalized anything is always bunk. But if I hear agile as meaning "short-term goals inside long-term goals, and continuous re-evaluation" then it makes perfect sense and has helped as a consultant and in industry.
1) Not the best language, but not the worst either. There's no excuse except microcontrollers for C these days (even though I still like it) and the fairly decent JVM can't excuse Java. I think people can come up to speed in a new language pretty easily. It's paradigms that are hard to learn, not syntax.
2) Sounds like you don't have devops. That's a solve-it-once sort of problem. And you have to solve it soon enough for some pieces so it shouldn't be put off. You need to be good at it.
3) It certainly can. It is increasing the size of your system considerably - not just the original system, but also the debugging rules for that system plus (as noted) the debugging rules for the debugging rules ad-infinitum. But what do you propose as a solution? Perfectly trained humans on-call? A procedures manual as detailed as the hypothetical code?
4) Well, lack of CI seems insane regardless of what sort of architecture you have. It's a symptom of not understanding the tools.
5) Capitalized anything is always bunk. But if I hear agile as meaning "short-term goals inside long-term goals, and continuous re-evaluation" then it makes perfect sense and has helped as a consultant and in industry.