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#NoEstimates (Allen Holub)
Allen Holub · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2019–2025).
About this video
“#NoEstimates (Allen Holub)” is catalogued as a talk from Allen Holub. Its recorded topics are Software practice, open source & careers and Management, leadership & organizations, with tags such as noestimates, agile, cycle time, and planning. These labels offer a subject map for the video; they do not provide a transcript or establish details beyond the public export. This guide uses catalog metadata and Hacker News stance counts rather than repeating the source summary.
Audience fit: people exploring Software practice, open source & careers and Management, leadership & organizations may find it relevant. The source classifies its format as talk and its level as intermediate; those labels describe catalog intent, not guaranteed prerequisites or a specific teaching style. Review the video itself for details before using it as a reference.
Discussion snapshot: the export records 7 comments from 2 distinct recommenders over 2 months between 2019 and 2025. Its 7 available labels count 5 contextual references, 0 recommendations, 2 strong recommendations, 0 critical mentions, and 0 jokes. Most recorded mentions use the video as context for another discussion. No mention in this snapshot is classified as critical. This describes the available labels and should not be read as proof of unanimous agreement. These counts describe roles assigned to comments; they do not measure factual correctness or video quality. Each Hacker News item below links to its source comment for the full exchange.
Recorded details: the source lists Allen Holub as the channel or speaker. Runtime is not included in this export. A verified YouTube publication date is not included. The first and last years above refer to Hacker News mentions, not the video's release year. No duration or release year has been guessed.
- Channel / speaker
- Allen Holub
- Video duration
- Not included in the source export
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- Hacker News mention years
- 2019–2025
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
These concise summaries are generated from real comment text, thread titles, and stance labels. They do not reproduce comment wording; the original comment stays on Hacker News.
The commenter uses the video as context in “Estimates are difficult for developers and product owners”, connecting it with agile, disappointment, estimation, and everyone.
The commenter uses the video as context in “Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software engineer job”, connecting it with guesswork, it's, time, and approach.
The a strong recommendation in “I don’t believe in sprints” is tied to allen, anger, article, and comes; the linked thread preserves the original comment and its full context.