Despite continuous advancements in programming it never feels like software is actually getting any better. It can certainly do more things, but it remains buggy and often unreliable. Is the source of […]
Are we forever cursed with buggy software?
Be a good mentor, not a dickhead
I’ve worked with a lot of people of varying skill levels, from superstar programmers to not-sure-how-they-got-the-job types. Integrating and working with new people is always a daunting task. For great people, it’s […]
Where the wild code grows
Sometimes I just like to sit back and code something. Free from deadlines. Free from requirements. Free from issue systems and planning teams. It’s so liberating to free ourselves from the shackles […]
A bug, an error, or fault, and the irrelevance of classification
There’s a lot of confusion about how to classify software issues. Is something a programmer error, or is it an design defect? Is a misbehaviour a failure or is it an unsupported […]
Stop signing crappy contracts
Just because you’re given a bad contract doesn’t mean you have to sign it. I was recently offered a programming position that came with a ridiculous contract. It started off with a […]
Too big too care: How Twitter inadvertently revoked my developer access
If a company has enough users they don’t have to care about any of them. Plus or minus one developer account, even with thousands of users, will make no difference. It may […]
How to choose a programming language?
Each new project, whether a standalone program, or a component for an existing program, faces a choice of programming language. Just using what is most popular, or what has been done before, […]
