Seasonal Myths About Freelancing
Every year, around this time, I get an email or two from someone wanting to know how to make a few bucks freelancing in time for the holiday season. I... more »
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3 Reasons Why I Wouldn't Do Agile Project Management
Agile project management doesn't suit every situation...
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Windows 7 vs Ubuntu 9.10
There's a lot you can compare among them. This one focuses on Performance and Gaming benchmarks
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The Future of Google
This is what Google will look like in Year 2060
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Devmentia: My God's Better than Your God
No, I am not going to talk about religion here. At least, I am not going to write about classic religions. That is better left to the religious... more »
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The Django community in 2009
In March of 2007, I attempted to measure the size of Django’s community. That March turned out to be a major inflection point in Django’s growth: the... more »
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A Language's Tools (CPAN versus IDEs)
Some people claim that dynamic languages are too difficult to manage without using powerful IDEs. One theory is that a lack of static typing means... more »
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The Origins of APL
1974 talk show style interview with the original developers of APL; complete with plaid jackets and a smoking host.
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Noda Time is born
There was an amazing response to yesterday's post – not only did readers come up with plenty of names, but lots of people volunteered to help. As a... more »
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Why Every Developer Should Write Their Own Framework
Lots of people have the itch to write their own frameworks. They think that they can do better than Zend, Cake, Symfony, or application-level... more »
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How Experienced Developers Can Handicap a Lean Startup
Start-up success depends on rapidly figuring out what customers will actually buy, a process that often requires quickly hacking solutions and other... more »
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It takes real balls to do it right
It does not take a genius to realize that I (and most others on this blog) are fans of JetBrains. But what it may take a genius to realize is it... more »
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Penniless Startup Founders
A few years ago, we started the company with nothing in the bank and we've managed to not only survive but prosper regardless of today's tough... more »
5 Rotten Things No One Else Has Told You About the Clients You’ll Work For
In over 10 years of freelancing I’ve had the fortune, and sometimes misfortune, of working with some unusual clients. While each client is a unique... more »
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Groovy, Sometimes You Still Need a Semicolon
Like Javascript, semicolons are optional in Groovy except for when they aren't optional. These examples are both pretty contrived, though I found both... more »
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Realizing That I Still Have Much to Learn
When one understands that he or she may not be always correct, he or she is more likely to catch their own mistakes early before they are most costly,... more »
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Top 10 Interview Blunders ?
What shouldn't you do when interviewing? Here are a selection of blunders, mistakes and errors a candidate for employment can make.
When Did Performance Stop Being Important?
Now that I’m finally starting to “get” the Zend Framework I’m starting to have some serious doubts on whether I made the right choice; not in choosing... more »
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How much Architecture do you need?
Thoughts on the amount of Architecture artefacts you might need to create
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It’s Okay To Write Unit Tests
Bad Experience Does Not Equal Bad Practice
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Measuring Online Competitors
So you would like to measure the presence of your competitors over the visitors of your site. Here is a practical and simple metric to measure exactly... more »
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Tools are Important, People More So
Bob left university with a first-class degree in Computer Science. He had studied hard, played hard and enjoyed the last few years of his academic... more »
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