I hate standups, but I also hate no standups since most people are unable to grab people and sync when needed.
Currently my team has two morning meetings, first the forced full team one which is 100% useless since it's just status reporting and most people do not care what most people do.
Then after that we have a sync between devs (we are 6 devs in my team). That's where useful things happen, we allow it to be a bit more than a standup, so we discuss issues, solutions etc and make sure backend/frontend is aligned etc. Anybody is free to leave if the topic doesn't concern them and this meeting usually runs 15-20min max, compared to the big standup that can run for 40min+ (yeah...).
A tech sync that is more than a standup, to allow for discussions, is the most useful way I know to align devs and make sure we are building things in a good way. It's something I usually advocate for, not because it's ideal, but because people are bad at syncing/discussing spontaneously thoughout the day.
A tech sync that is more than a standup, to allow for discussions, is the most useful way I know to align devs and make sure we are building things in a good way. It's something I usually advocate for, not because it's ideal, but because people are bad at syncing/discussing spontaneously thoughout the day.