Let's not get all gooey-eyed and touchy-fuzzy about it, but I'm reminded these last few days about the importance of two very different things:

1. Relationships, and
2. Physics

It's all too easy to take interpersonal relationships and how we interact with each other for granted on software projects. It's only when those relationships break down that we realise just how very, very hard it is to make any kind of meaningful progress when there's no trust and...