An Immature Discipline
In the section "Is Software Development an Engineering Process?" on pages 8-9 of his excellent introductory volume Object-Oriented Software Development Using Java, Xiaoping Jia writes: …there is still...
View ArticleVideo links and building blocks
I've added to the sidebar some video links to Youtube channels with favorable signal/noise. Perhaps not surprisingly, most of them are maintained by Google. If you'd like to recommend other channels...
View ArticleJoel on Brains
Joel Spolsky's provocative essays about the practice of software development repay some attention. With a style that occupies the intersection of brain dump, rant, and pedagogy, Joel manages to be both...
View ArticleSay it again, y'all
Jarrod Roberson has a problem with certifications. In a polylobed complaint called Certifications Huh, What are they good for Absolutely Nothing!, Jarrod makes clear that he sees no value in them. To...
View ArticleSpeaking of non-engineering…
I have written before about the conceptual and practical distance between genuine engineering (of the sort answerable to physics and chemistry) and software engineering. There is, of course, more to be...
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