I’m currently reading Thomas Sowell’s A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles . As the title suggests, it deals with certain fundamental differences in the way we see the world and how that affects our political views. Don’t worry, I’m not going to delve into politics in the...
Many months ago I wrote a letter to upper management about principles of software development and the ways in which should build software. Since that time my role has changed within the company and for the first time in my career I’m managing a significant number of people (at a previous company...
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 takes balls to do what JetBrains does with their products. You may be asking what exactly I am talking about or referring to? I am taking...
Over the weekend I was having a conversation with my wife and we were not communicating on the same wave length. After a few minutes of talking in circles it dawned on us that we had not established the context around the conversation and we had no real understanding of what either of us was saying...
So the fires continue to burn, as Joel Spolsky’s internet access hasn’t been disconnected. For someone who is supposed to be an idiot and irrelevant, a lot of people still read and link to him. I guess one guy is corrupting all the new developers, who are assumed to be reading Joel’s...