Asshole driven development
The software industry might be the world’s greatest breeding ground for new systems of management. From Agile, to Extreme Programming ,... more »
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Agile Ruined My Life
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I read the reply to my comment on a popular hacker board with sadness: "Agile consultants ruined the software group I work in."
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Five Reasons Software Developers Hate Software Architects
In just about any online coding discussion board you could choose to follow, this theme recurs. I've seen it first hand myself multiple... more »
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Clean Code and Clean TDD Cheat Sheets
I have compiled two cheat sheets about clean code. The first covers clean code – code that is easy readable and keeps changeable. The... more »
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I've been programming for X years ... now what?
You've been a programmer for some number of years. You are stuck in a rut and bored. You still like programming but you need to do... more »
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What makes a programmer "senior"?
What makes a programmer “senior” versus “junior” besides his years of experience? Certainly part of that is programming skill, but... more »
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Productivity Spotlight: Cloud-based Java Development with Zero Downtime using Exo IDE and JRebel
Exo IDE users can now directly integrate JRebel into their "development PaaS" to attain cloud-based Java development without... more »
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A Different Take on UML: A Sneak Preview
We have been extremely frustrated with UML tooling in the past, and for the last 2+ years we have been building something very cool. See... more »
IT Certification Alternatives: Cost Benefit Analysis
Thinking about getting a Java or other certification? Read this first. Better alternatives exist.
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Identifying Senior Software Engineers: Six Critical Differences
For HR and legal purposes, most development companies classify Software Engineers into ranks from I to IV (or V). The higher the rank,... more »
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IE8 — Another IE6 in the Making?
IE6 was a plague upon the Web landscape; we're still dealing with the hacky CSS, HTML and JavaScript that IE6 forced us to write. And... more »
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Getting Started With Byteman
Want to do testing the easy way? Want to see what your code gets up to behind your back? Here's a starter's guide showing you how you can... more »
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Outsourcing Doesn't Work
When senior management insisted on outsourcing part of the work, the PM and developers had no choice but to accept the work and do a... more »
You're a Bad Manager. Embrace It.
At the end of the day, you're probably a bad manager. Most managers are. If you cling to the fantasy that you're good, you'll be much... more »
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STFU Driven Development
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Before you write your first line of code, you write your tests. Before you write those tests you think of the behavior of an app and... more »
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The Evolution of a Python Programmer
From novice to enterprise programmer.
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Do You Like Pain?
I have a co-worker who's never happy. Never. But today it's even worse. He just lost an hour or two of his work. He was writing code that... more »
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20 Software Developing Best Practices
A compilation of 20 software developing best practices, chosen by CodeBalance.
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Why Scrum will never work
With such a slightly provocative title I will probably have to start with the disclaimer first: what is written here is my own opinion... more »
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Signs of a GOOD Manager / Team Lead
I’ll be frank. I’ve worked for some real dumb assholes (in the past) as have many I’m sure. And several of these managers or leads... more »
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The 10 commandments of good source control management
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These are the 10 best pieces of advice you can get for having good source control management. These examples are all relevant to version... more »
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A new approach to unit tests
What does “a new approach to unit tests” mean? Isn’t JUnit or TestNG enough and fine? They put test classes on focus and starts from them... more »
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Hudson Lead Developer Leaves Oracle
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Kohsuke Kawaguchi began working for Sun Microsystems in January 2001 when he first arrived in the US. After working on numerous projects... more »
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