While I practice code Kata for a few years now, for multiple good and bad reasons I never attended a Coding dojo. But as it's an experience I really want to have, I decided a few weeks ago to facilitate one for my colleagues during our lunch time. Today was the day. And as tomorrow might be the end of the world (hmmm...), it's also the day I start blogging so that I can share the outcomes of my first dojo. Building up the Dojo Working for the same company for a few years now, I knew most of my colleagues are far less into XP-Craftsmanship-Agile-yourPreferedFancyNameHere practices than I am. And here comes the first lesson I learned from this dojo : people are changing. I was counting on 4 participants, 6 in the best case scenario, but 12 showed their interest less than one hour after I sent my invite ! Unexpected interest means unexpected work for me : some of them asked me "What is a coding dojo ??" before deciding to attend. I didn't originally plan ...