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Linus Torvalds’s Lessons on Software Development Management
If anyone knows the joys and sorrows of managing software development projects, it would be Linus Torvalds, creator of the world's most popular open-source software program: the Linux operating system. For more than 20 years, Torvalds has been directing thousands of developers to improve the open source OS. He and I sat down to talk about effective techniques in running large-scale distributed programming teams – and the things that don’t work, too.Torvalds says there are...
Linux,Software development,Linus Tonalds 2011-09-28 09:16:02
Are You a Zen Coder or Distraction-Junkie?
What you do when compiling can ruin your life. And not just when compiling, but when waiting for any short computer operation to finish. That time is ridiculously tiny compared to the rest of your workday, yet it can have a huge impact on your productivity and well-being overall. Yes, that’s a big fat claim. And by the way, this article is not just about coders or programmers. It’s about any smart people working with computers. And there will be pictures! Let’s rock and ro...
Programming.Net,ASP.NET,Platform 2012-02-23 07:14:11
Java is not the new COBOL
If you Google “Java is the new COBOL†you’ll find a glut of articles proliferating this mantra. I don’t know its origins, however I’m inclined to think it’s mostly repeated (and believed) by the Ruby community. Ruby, from a developer’s perspective is a low-friction language. A developer can just sit down at a text editor and start banging out code without really thinking about such superflous things as types. Java on the other hand, well, you h...
Java,Ruby,Type,COBOL,Comparison 2011-11-10 10:40:56
Your Code is My Hell
It occurred to me recently that my experience as a Rails developer may be somewhat unique.I often get brought in to help preexisting Ruby/Rails projects evolve and mature in a sustainable way. As a result, the vast majority of Ruby projects I’ve worked on have been well-established by the time I arrived. In fact, offhand I can only think of one commercial greenfield Ruby project I’ve participated in. All the rest have been “legacy†from my perspective, in the ...
Code style,Clean code,Code paradigm 2011-09-15 08:39:16
Address of a Java Object
In conventional java programming, you will never need address or location of a java object from memory. When you discuss about this in forums, the first question raised is why do you need to know the address of a java object? Its a valid question. But always, we reserve the right to experiment. Nothing is wrong in exploring uncharted areas.I thought of experimenting using a little known class from sun package. Unsafe is a class that belongs to sun.misc package. For some of you the package might ...
Java,Object,Address,Memory,Start address 2011-09-29 11:17:46
HTML5 and Accessibility
Accessibility for people with disabilities is a legal responsibility in many countries. It's also the right thing to do, and one of the characteristics distinguishing professional developers from the WWWs: WYSIWYG-wielding wannabes. But for many, accessibility has been a somewhat black art, requiring adding extra stuff to your code like alt text, table summaries, ARIA information that can be difficult to test by developers who are not assistive technology users themselves.The arrival of HTML5 ha...
HTML5,Accessibility,Video,Music,Canvas 2011-08-19 08:13:44
FUCK PASSWORDS
I'm so tired of passwords. So, so, so tired. Most people don't understand this. Most people use the same password everywhere. Most people can just mechanically type out password3 in every password box, smirking to themselves at how clever they are, because who would ever guess 3 instead of 1? I don't do that. Let me tell you what i do. I generate a different password for every service, based on a convoluted master password and the name of the thing. I do this because it's what you're...
Security,Password,Random generation,Hard to remember 2011-12-05 11:32:45
Good to Great Python reads
A colÂlecÂtion of python “must readsâ€:The Python yield keyÂword explainedPython’s super() conÂsidÂered super!UnderÂstandÂing Python DecoratorsWhat is a metaÂclass in Python?MetaÂclasses DemystifiedTry/Catch for valÂiÂdaÂtion or speed?Python (and Python C API): __new__ verÂsus __init__Python “self†keywordPython and the PrinÂciÂple of Least AstonishmentA CuriÂous Course on CorouÂtines and Concurr...
Python,Reference,eBook,Reading Material 2011-11-15 11:46:12
Move.Me Writing Your Own WebSocket Server
The WebSocket protocol has applications beyond plain vanilla web development. I will explain how the protocol works, how to implement your own server and share some insights I had along the way. Before we get down and dirty, I will explain what I’ve been doing with it. At this point I expect many of you are saying “I’m not working on a web game this doesn’t seem relevant to me.†Well, neither am I. I embed a WebSocket server into my game engine and wit...
Socket,NetWorking,WebSocket,Server development 2012-01-28 07:06:43
Sass Style Guide: A Sass Tutorial on How to Write Better CSS Code
Writing consistent and readable CSS that will scale well is a challenging process. Especially when the style sheets are getting larger, more complex, and harder to maintain. One of the tools available to developers to write better CSS are preprocessors. A preprocessor is a program that takes one type of data and converts it to another type of data, and in our case CSS preprocessors are preprocessing languages which are compiled to CSS. There are many CSS preprocessors that front-end develop...
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