[codinghorror]

basically the Joel Test is out of date in a few areas. It reflects a Microsoft Excel development-centric view of the world. The way Excel was built and shipped in 1993 no longer reflects the way most software is built and shipped today.

[excuse-me]

It's aimed at shipping shrink wrapped software to a large market but it's still worth thinking about for different markets today.

It's just that all absolute statements about what you must do are wrong - except this one!