My talk this year kinda sucked -- more on that later -- and I am trying to come up with good and perhaps even non-testing talk ideas for next year.
One intriguing idea contributed by Brian Dorsey is that of giving 5 lightning talks in a 30 minute session. Since I like …
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John Gall apparently said:
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be made to work. You have to start over, beginning with …read more
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Just a short note with characteristic inhumility (ahumility? abhumility?) -- for my Concepts in Database-Backed Web Programming course, I received the Withrow Award for Teaching Excellence from the students.
This means a lot to me, because I spent a huge amount of time on that course (and will have to do …
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'tis the season, and so it's time for me to post my list of accumulated project ideas. I'll transfer these over to the wiki tomorrow, after I track down some references. I'm willing to mentor any or many of these but I'd prefer to find someone to be the primary …
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i asked two other friends of mine, [ ... ], for recommendations about model code and about their work environment. their feedback was extremely helpful and i thought you'd be interested to hear the opinions of other good programmers. i would also love to hear your thoughts on these (extracted and scattered) comments …
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