Tim Bacon reminded me about something Uncle Bob wrote some time ago:

Where did we get the idea that our companies wanted us to write crap? Aren't they paying a lot of money for this software? Aren't they going to depend upon this software for profits? Isn't this software worth a lot? If so, then why would our company want to pay for crap that slows us down? Wouldn't they rather have good clean code that keeps us running fast?

This might not be such a bad idea after all. That is, assuming that your managers are willing to play with jigsaws in the first place...

Java celebs (sort of) getting hired by one of the big ones. A Microsoft release being behind schedule. Business as usual.