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Three Things I Learned About Software WHILE NOT in College - Scott Hanselman
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Three Things I Learned About Software WHILE NOT in College. June 28, '07. Has a great post on the " Three Things I Learned About Software in College. While Jeff has a fine post called Learning, or, Learning How to Learn. That points to a great post called Why Is Forever. Jeff says " How lasts five years, but Why is forever. This is a great lesson to be reminded of and a pithy, but true, statement. Operating systems aren't elegant. They are a glorious heap of performance hacks piled one upon the other.
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The Value of Complexity | The Web Gambit
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Thoughts on Web Development. The Value of Complexity. On October 15, 2009. There’s an interesting discussion going on right now about whether Software Development has grown too complex. Lately this discussion was sparked by Ted Neward’s post on Agile treating the symptoms, not the disease. I’ve been interested in this discussion since I first heard the DevLink panel discussion. Phil Haack’s post. Larr; The Shelf Life of Code. Developers and Designers →. 2 responses to “. The Value of Complexity. 8221;I d...
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Choosing between Dogmatism or Denial | The Web Gambit
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Thoughts on Web Development. Choosing between Dogmatism or Denial. On November 9, 2009. It seems as though the .NET developer community is becoming more polarized regarding their thoughts on the value of Unit Testing. I see it as a split between those that are dogmatic about Unit Testing, and those that are in denial that it has any long term value. Some of this was spurred on by Cashto’s “It’s OK Not to Write Unit Tests” post. Your software addresses a niche with a small customer base. For those of us w...