Some Reasons Flex Looks Appealing
James Ward politely pointed out some links where I could see more Flex in action (not the book). After spending some time doing this I started doing a... more »
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Is Ruby very syntax rich? Do you like it? I don’t.
I tried delving into Ruby couple of times in the past. Every time I had this weird feeling of what am I doing here when I am already very well... more »
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On being a bit of an idiot (code reviews)
I remember the first time that I, almost accidentally, asked somebody for an opinion on my code, a few years ago. They automatically mailed back with... more »
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Identifying Senior Software Engineers: Six Critical Differences
For HR and legal purposes, most development companies classify Software Engineers into ranks from I to IV (or V). The higher the rank, the higher the... more »
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Don't bring me solutions, bring me problems
Why managers/leaders/product owners sometimes treat developers as machines to write the code? Why they don't trust developers and don't believe they... more »
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Erlang Mnesia or ETS?
Recently I've been working on a RESTful web app project in Erlang using Yaws appmods. I decided I needed a memory cache to cache a (MySQL) database... more »
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9 myths about linux debunked
Linux myths debunked... by Ubuntu I think.
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Netbeans 6.5 beta - Useful Productivity Enhancements For Java EE, Missing Some Features As Well
I spent some more time with Netbeans 6.5 Java EE functionality. First feedback
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Making Remote Working Work Each Day
After nearly five months, I’m now convinced: remote working is the best working arrangement I’ve ever had. Living in different cities, finding... more »
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5 Reasons Why We Are Implementing Scrum
We’re implementing Scrum as a process framework for the development of our projects. We’re iteratively implementing it, sprint for sprint. Therefore,... more »
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Being a Better Programmer #3: Ahab and the White Whale Snippet
As developers, we solve problems for a living. We spend our hours at work fixing things, testing things, troubleshooting things. It gives one a great... more »
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Being sued by Gaiaware
NEVER SIGN A NON-COMPETE CONTRACT!
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How to unit-test code that interacts with a database
Baron Schwartz, author of High Performance MySQL, got some interesting comments on his previous article about unit testing Maatkit, including echoes... more »
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First law for an unruly software programmer
a thought on basics of software programming
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Good Design is not Subjective
In case you haven’t guessed by my recent flurry of posts, I’ve been engaged in some debates in the past few days about design philosophies and why... more »
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The Legacy of Inheritance
Is inheritance really useful or is it a feature that causes more problems than it solves? Certainly I can't think of a case where I've been really... more »
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Eclipse tip: Templates
A quick tip for the Eclipse IDE on how to make Eclipse code for you rather than you code in Eclipse! The mechanism is called templates. While this tip... more »
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Has Django made me a lazy PHP developer?
After working in Django I keep getting a shock when I need to re-write features and basic functionality. I know Django is a framework and PHP is a... more »
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MIT’s Introduction to Algorithms Lectures
Understanding and designing effective algorithms is a very important skill for a top-notch programmer. You can still do good without knowing much... more »
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5 Steps for the Perfect Tabbed Navigation Menu
I've just been browsing a site of a service that I'm trying out, and while I like the site and a lot of the interface, I came across a little design... more »
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Why Learning F# Is So Difficult
My third installment in the Learning F# Series is coming out in the next day or two. While I was writing it, I had some time to reflect on why... more »
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Does your team culture encourage learning?
In the ever-growing field of software engineering, continually learning is essential. While a lot of developers internally have the drive, they're... more »
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Why Programming Is Less Rewarding Than Designing
Why does programming feel so much less rewarding than designing? Why can't people see the hard work we have to do, and look beyond the shiny colorful... more »
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Cloud-Oriented Architecture (COA)
With all the hype this year about cloud computing and things like Amazon EC2/S3 as well as Google App Engine and Bigtable, you can feel it coming.... more »
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Dependency Injection is Broken
Earlier today I was reading a blog about the worthlessness of constructors. Frankly, I didn't really get the point of the post, but the title was... more »
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