While I was writing Brown Noise in Written Language, Part 2, twice I came across the word “agile.” First, the word “agility” was in the original sentence that I was criticizing. Joel Garry picked up on it and described it as “a code word for ‘sloppy programming.’” Second, if you read my final paragraph, you might have noticed that I used the term “waterfall” to describe one method for producing bad writing. Waterfall is a reliable method for producing bad computer software too, in my experience, and for exactly the same reason. Whenever I disparage “waterfall,” I’m usually thinking fondly of “agile,” which I consider to be “waterfall’s” opposite.
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