The document discusses "guardians" who are people passionate about maintaining high quality in a codebase but can become too protective, potentially hindering collaboration. It suggests guardians focus on fostering team growth by helping others learn, make decisions, and experiment. While being a guardian is unintentional, it can jeopardize the team, so guardians should work on trusting others and sparking team awesomeness.

1. PA O L O D ’ I N C A U @ P D I N C A U
T H E T E R R I B L E G U A R D I A N S
O F T H E C O D E B A S E
T O R I N O A G I L E C O N F E R E N C E 2 0 1 8

2. People who shine for their skills and who fight in a
solitary way in order to preserve the standard of
quality they decided the codebase must have.

3. B E C A R E F U L !
S O M E T H I N G C A N H A P P E N

5. 1 .
W I T H I N T H E T E A M

6. C O L L E C T I V E O W N E R S H I P
I S I N D A N G E R ! "

7. P E O P L E L O S E
I N T E R E S T A N D FA I T H

8. N E W I D E A S
I M P E R M E A B I L I T Y

9. A P R O X Y R I S E S

10. 2 .
W I T H I N T H E C O M PA N Y

11. W E H AV E A S P O F

12. S K I L L E D P E O P L E
O N O L D P R O J E C T S

13. T E A M S W O N ’ T S C A L E

14. 3 .
W I T H I N Y O U R S E L F

15. ↓ S T I M U L U S =
↓ N O L E A R N I N G
↑ S T R E S S +

16. T E A M E X C L U S I O N

17. P R O J E C T M A N A G E R
S Y N D R O M E # $

18. H O W A N D W H Y D O W E
B E C O M E G U A R D I A N S ?

20. I D O N ’ T K N O W A L L
T H E P O S S I B L E PAT H S

21. I K N O W T H E O N E O F T H E G U A R D I A N
W H O S C A R E D M E T H E M O S T

22. WAT C H I N G
Y O U !

23. I T ’ S N O T S O M E T H I N G
I D E C I D E D C O N S C I O U S LY

24. I S TA R T E D A S
A J U N I O R X P - E R 👶

25. I F O C U S E D O N
T E C H E X C E L L E N C E &

26. I WA N T E D T O
P R O V E I WA S G O O D

27. I H A D N O T I M E T O
L E A R N “ P E O P L E S T U F F ”

28. T H E P R O J E C T WA S
G O I N G W E L L 🚀

29. T H E T E A M WA S H A P P Y

30. B U S I N E S S P E O P L E W E R E
H A P P Y A S W E L L

31. I F E L L I N ❤
W I T H “ M Y " P R O D U C T

32. I L O V E D I T M O R E T H A N
M Y T E A M

33. I S T H I S S O M E T H I N G
FA M I L I A R T O Y O U ?

34. B U T H E Y ! I ’ V E G O T
G O O D N E W S F O R Y O U …

36. W E H AV E T O R E - L E A R N
S O M E X P R U L E S / VA L U E S

37. W H AT I S W O R K I N G
F O R M E … 🔧

38. D O I N G I S B E T T E R
T H A N C O N T R O L L I N G

39. O V E R D O I N G I S N O T
G O O D

40. TA K E T I M E T O
E X P E R I M E N T N E W T H I N G S

41. H O W C A N Y O U
F O S T E R P E O P L E G R O W T H ?

42. B R I N G T H E M W H E N Y O U
D I S C U S S W I T H B U S I N E S S

43. H E L P T H E M T O D I S C U S S
A N D TA K E D E C I S I O N S

44. L E AV E A N E M P T Y
S PA C E T H E Y C A N F I L L

45. B E R E A D Y T O L E T
T H E M FA I L ( S A F E LY )

46. L E A R N Y O U R B U S I N E S S
F O R A G R E AT G O O D

47. G E T S O M E P E R S O N A L
C O A C H I N G

48. WA I T, W H AT I F I W O R K
W I T H A G U A R D I A N ? ✋

49. T RY T O C R E AT E A B O N D

50. A S K , A S K , A S K

51. L E A R N M O R E A B O U T T H E
P R O J E C T A N D I T S H I S T O RY

52. F I N D A WAY T O B E
T R U S T E D

53. F I N A L T H O U G H T S
A B O U T T H E G U A R D I A N S

54. I T ’ S S O M E T H I N G T H AT
J U S T H A P P E N S

55. I T ’ S N O T R I G H T N E I T H E R W R O N G
S O D O N ’ T B L A M E P E O P L E

56. B E I N G A G U A R D I A N M AY J E O PA R D I S E T H E
T E A M , T H E C O M PA N Y A N D T H E G U A R D I A N
A S W E L L

57. G U A R D I A N S C A N C H A N G E A N D
B E C O M E T H E S PA R K T H AT I G N I T E S
T E A M AW E S O M E N E S S !

59. B O O K S

60. Q U E S T I O N S ? 🤔
T W I T T E R : @ P D I N C A U
P I N G M E D U R I N G T H E D AY !
X P E P P E R S . C O M / R A D A R