Agilish

There is a Russian proverb that translates to: "The first pancake is always spoiled." At first glance it sounds pessimistic. But I find it far more hopeful — and far more Agile-minded — than the phrase you hear so often in IT: "It is what it is." The first pancake proverb carries an honest and important message: the first attempt at anything is rarely perfect. That is expected. It is not a failure — it is the price of admission. Learning happens through doing, and the first version of something exists precisely to teach us what the second version should be. Think about what actually happens when you make pancakes. The first one almost always goes wrong. The pan is not quite at the right temperature. There is too much butter, or not enough. The batter spreads differently than you expected. You cannot know any of these things until you put the butter in the pan and pour the batter down. Only then do you start to understand. The first pancake might be uneve...