Design Principles behind Smalltalk What a tragedy it was when BYTE folded. Look at the fallout -- Jon Udell wound up at MSFT, for crissakes. What a brilliant piece this was. Reading it, I was struck by the following thought: this piece, "The Mythical Man Month" and countless other sources. Each of them, over the years, has repeated a simple...

Design Principles behind Smalltalk What a tragedy it was when BYTE folded. Look at the fallout -- Jon Udell wound up at MSFT, for crissakes. What a brilliant piece this was. Reading it, I was struck by the following thought: this piece, "The Mythical Man Month" and countless other sources. Each of them, over the years, has repeated a simple...

I just blog to say I love Idea Indeed. Antonio Goncalves tells it like it is. If I still wanted to write Java (which I don't) or am forced to, IntelliJ IDEA makes it bearable. And Netbeans isn't bad.

I just blog to say I love Idea Indeed. Antonio Goncalves tells it like it is. If I still wanted to write Java (which I don't) or am forced to, IntelliJ IDEA makes it bearable. And Netbeans isn't bad.

The Alignment Trap Matt M. makes an interesting observation here: but I still haven't felt the need to install an Enterprise Service Bus. (Despite the fact that I more or less use it as a design pattern for integration architectures, just without the overhead of actually having it be a running piece of software) Take a step back and look at...

The Alignment Trap Matt M. makes an interesting observation here: but I still haven't felt the need to install an Enterprise Service Bus. (Despite the fact that I more or less use it as a design pattern for integration architectures, just without the overhead of actually having it be a running piece of software) Take a step back and look at...

Oh, and one more thing about the makeover. In the process, I managed to figure out how to take advantage of the upgraded version of Roller that JRoller is now using, so that I'm now providing explicit links to Atom feeds for the entries and the comments. If you happen to be subscribed to the old RSS feeds (which are still here), why not switch...

Oh, and one more thing about the makeover. In the process, I managed to figure out how to take advantage of the upgraded version of Roller that JRoller is now using, so that I'm now providing explicit links to Atom feeds for the entries and the comments. If you happen to be subscribed to the old RSS feeds (which are still here), why not switch...

So, I always liked the look and feel of this blog, which was based on a template by the legendary Bryan Bell. However, it is a fact that most people don't like light-on-dark designs. I've often gotten comments, over the years, that the site was "hard to read", etc. I resolutely ignored those comments, reasoning that people who griped were just...

So, I always liked the look and feel of this blog, which was based on a template by the legendary Bryan Bell. However, it is a fact that most people don't like light-on-dark designs. I've often gotten comments, over the years, that the site was "hard to read", etc. I resolutely ignored those comments, reasoning that people who griped were just...

Religion's Newfound Restraint on Progress Cope doesn't blog often. When he does, it's worth reading. Regardless whether you agree with what he says or not: if reading this doesn't make you think... Well, then, I think you just might have missed the point...

Religion's Newfound Restraint on Progress Cope doesn't blog often. When he does, it's worth reading. Regardless whether you agree with what he says or not: if reading this doesn't make you think... Well, then, I think you just might have missed the point...

I'm confused Local variables are bad ... said Reg, in original post. Iterate, reduce. Mutable local variables are bad. ... says Reg, in the follow up post. Hmmm. Iterate, reduce. Mutable variables are bad. ... says Mark, chewing on the eraser on the end of his pencil, staring at that result. Iterate, reduce. Variables are bad. ... says Mark,...

I'm confused Local variables are bad ... said Reg, in original post. Iterate, reduce. Mutable local variables are bad. ... says Reg, in the follow up post. Hmmm. Iterate, reduce. Mutable variables are bad. ... says Mark, chewing on the eraser on the end of his pencil, staring at that result. Iterate, reduce. Variables are bad. ... says Mark,...

David Currie » Blog Archive » Ruby and Zero Now Rails developers have no excuse not to take a look at Zero! Oh, I dunno. I suspect it's not gonna be as easy as all that, dude.