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Feb 22

The Non-Programming Programmer #

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I find it difficult to believe, but the reports keep pouring in via Twitter and email: many candidates who show up for programming job interviews...

Jan 10

A Democracy of Netbooks #

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As a long time reader of Joey DeVilla's excellent blog, Global Nerdy, I take exception to his post Fast Food, Apple Pies, and Why Netbooks...


Dec 14

International Backup Awareness Day #

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You may notice that commenting is currently disabled, and many old Coding Horror posts are missing images.


Dec 4

Version 1 Sucks, But Ship It Anyway #

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I've been unhappy with every single piece of software I've ever released.

Nov 3

Stack Overflow Careers: Amplifying Your Awesome #

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That Stack Overflow thing we launched a year ago? It's been going pretty well so far.


Oct 14

The State of Solid State Hard Drives #

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I've seen a lot of people play The Computer Performance Shell Game poorly.


Oct 12

The Xanadu Dream #

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Links are the fundamental building blocks of the web. And every time I click on one, I can't help recalling the odd visionary who came...


Sep 3

If It Looks Corporate, Change It #

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Are you familar with happy talk? If you're not sure whether something is happy talk, there's one sure-fire test: if you listen very closely while...


Aug 28

Have You Met Your Dog, Patches? #

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The Gamasutra article Dirty Coding Tricks is a fantastic read. One part of it in particular rang true for me.


Aug 10

COBOL: Everywhere and Nowhere #

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I'd like to talk to you about ducts. Wait a minute.

Aug 6

Software Pricing: Are We Doing It Wrong? #

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One of the side effects of using the iPhone App store so much is that it's started to fundamentally alter my perception of software pricing.

Jul 27

Windows 7: The Best Vista Service Pack Ever #

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While I haven't been unhappy with Windows Vista, it had a lot of rough edges: This is why the screenshot of the Windows 7 Calculator,...


Jul 19

Software Engineering: Dead? #

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I was utterly floored when I read this new IEEE article by Tom DeMarco (pdf).

Jul 14

Meta Is Murder #

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Are you familiar with the term "meta"? It permeates many concepts in programming, from metadata to the tag.


Jul 2

Oh, You Wanted "Awesome" Edition #

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We recently upgraded our database server to 48 GB of memory -- because hardware is cheap, and programmers are expensive.


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