Adagios

"you have nothing to lose but your bugs"

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:01:13 +0100

“you have nothing to lose but your bugs”

- Mock Objects: Chapter 1. What’s the point of Test-Driven Development?

Typical Programmer - Doing it wrong: getters and setters

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:56:15 +0100

Typical Programmer - Doing it wrong: getters and setters

Stevey's Home Page - Singleton Considered Stupid

Tue, 27 May 2008 18:58:33 +0100

Stevey's Home Page - Singleton Considered Stupid

"In the beginning was the Plan. And then came the Assumptions. And the Assumptions were without..."

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:21:07 +0100

“In the beginning was the Plan.
And then came the Assumptions.
And the Assumptions were without form.
And the Plan was without substance.
And darkness was upon the face of the Workers.
And they spoke among themselves, saying, “It is a crock of sh-t, and it stinkith”
And the Workers went unto their Supervisors and said, “It is a pail of dung, and we cannot abide the smell.”
And the Supervisors went unto their Managers, saying “It is a container of excrement, and it is very strong, such that none may abide by it.”
And the Managers went unto their Directors, saying, “It is a vessel of fertilizer and none may abide its strength.”
And the Directors spoke among themselves, saying to one another, “It contains that which aids plant growth, and it is very strong.”
And the Directors went to the Vice Presidents, saying unto them, “It promotes growth, and it is very powerful.”
And the Vice Presidents went to the President, saying unto him, “This new plan will actively promote the growth and vigor of the company with powerful effects”
And the President looked upon the Plan and saw that it was good.
And the Plan became Policy.
And that, my friends, is how sh-t happens.”

- Pastor Geek: Green Shift

ruby-msg - Google Code

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:46:57 +0100

ruby-msg - Google Code:

This just saved my life.

I switched to a Mac, but had lots of important emails in Outlook’s msg format. This worked (almost) perfectly! I only had some attachments that weren’t converted.

Stevey's Blog Rants: Get that job at Google

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:18:50 +0000

Stevey's Blog Rants: Get that job at Google

Fliggo - The Sad Truth About Relationships

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:29:15 +0000

Fliggo - The Sad Truth About Relationships

PragDave: The 'Language' in Domain-Specific Language Doesn't Mean English (or French, or Japanese, or ...)

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:26:49 +0000

PragDave: The 'Language' in Domain-Specific Language Doesn't Mean English (or French, or Japanese, or ...)

"Your program needs a canary in the coal mine. You need a way to smoke test your application when it..."

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:41:58 +0000

“Your program needs a canary in the coal mine. You need a way to smoke test your application when it first boots up and while it’s running. It either works or it doesn’t. The bird is dead, dying, or singing.”

- » Canaries in the coal mine

Last 100 meters Skinny Request, Fat Backend - Scaling Rails

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:42:20 +0000

Last 100 meters Skinny Request, Fat Backend - Scaling Rails

"BIG BALL OF MUD might be thought of as an anti-pattern, since our intention is to show how passivity..."

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:45:33 +0000

“BIG BALL OF MUD might be thought of as an anti-pattern, since our intention is to show how passivity in the face of forces that undermine architecture can lead to a quagmire. However, its undeniable popularity leads to the inexorable conclusion that it is a pattern in its own right. It is certainly a pervasive, recurring solution to the problem of producing a working system in the context of software development.”

- Big Ball of Mud

Citerus - Interview with Jerry Weinberg

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:45:19 +0000

Citerus - Interview with Jerry Weinberg: You want to destroy a professional software organization? Act as if you don’t care about quality. The professionals will leave, either physically or psychologically

Networkvia imgs.xkcd.com

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:53:24 +0000

Networkvia imgs.xkcd.com

Desktop Application Development in JRuby

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:45:00 +0000

Desktop Application Development in JRuby

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:25:49 +0000

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Preferring Inheritance to Delegation

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:19:28 +0000

Preferring Inheritance to Delegation

Photo

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:49:14 +0000

How to Build Decent Productivity Software

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:47:54 +0000

How to Build Decent Productivity Software