You may have noticed that I didn’t get around to write that many blog posts over the last two months. While some of you may regret this, others would argue that the universe has been a much better place since then :-). Anyway, I haven’t been picking my nose these last couple of months. I’ve […]
Read MoreBy doing. It is as simple as that. Books I can?t go to sleep unless I have read for 30 minutes or so first, but I typically don?t read technical books during this time. I have been carrying technical books to my kid?s wrestling practice, though and I do a LOT of reading on meet […]
Read MoreI’ve been watching and participating with the Alt.Net, Design Patterns, and Best Practices groups for a while now. Sometime on the sidelines, sometime in the thick of things. I watch as people go about confronting and teaching each other, sometimes with the greatest of respect — other times, not so much. One thing is apparent […]
Read MoreSince we are talking about ethics in software right now, I’d thought I’d throw one or two out there. First and foremost: please let me know if you think I’m wrong. My only request is this: tell me why — in as much detail as you can muster. Truth is, I want to be proven […]
Read MoreMy fellow Elegant Coder Jan Van Ryswyck wrote about Craftmanship Over Crap. I generally agree with his point of view. Writing good, clean code is tremendously important for the long term survival chances of any software project. But i also believe that we sometimes need to be a bit more pragmatic about how we solve […]
Read MoreRobert C. Martin calls ‘Craftsmanship over Crap’ the fifth principle of the agile manifesto. I’ve been writing a lot on this blog about writing clean code and qualities that every piece of code should have. Besides writing clean code, we as software professionals should also adhere to a number of qualities as well: We shall […]
Read MoreIf you are reading this in an aggregator, you aren’t seeing the wicked cool new feature logo on the left side of the site. I suggest you click in to the site to get the full experience. It’s way worth it. I spent, like, 40 minutes making it in GIMP. I don’t know about your […]
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