19-04-2018
In one of his vibrant pleas to promote Literate Programming, Donald Knuth observed that code is only written once, but read many times (not entirely true, since code under maintenance is under constant refactoring, continuously written and rewritten, but... Read More
26-09-2017
It is no secret, no mystery: I just love garbage collectors. They have saved me from my own failings over and over again,. They are the single most potent contribution to the quality of the software I develop in this... Read More
12-07-2017
I never thought I’d ever write a blog entry with a title that would sound appropriate for an episode of The BigBang Theory. Life is full of surprises. When working in IT, Domain-Specific Languages (AKA DSL’s) are everywhere, but there... Read More
03-05-2017
Darius went to Italy with the Thou Shall Not Agile tour and spoke at University of Bergamo, in front of 1st, 3rd year and Master students of Dr. Angelo Gargantini, associate professor.
12-01-2017
Just in case you wondered, my colleague Jean-Eric Waroquier is the greatest guy ever. He is sweet, easy going, always willing to help and insanely smart, the best colleague one can ever dream of. And the anecdote below won’t change... Read More
02-01-2017
We hear more about bombastic projects starting than about their successful conclusions (which is understandable: there are far more of the former than of the latter, and people barely brag about how great their failures are. That’s a shame: it... Read More
29-09-2016
Lecture in the University of Edmonton: Getting ready for the lecture In the cab towards University of Edmonton: traffic isn’t too bad On the Campus: as you can see, it is gorgeous! Relaxing after the lecture It is still early... Read More
29-07-2016
The last standing manufacturer of VHS video recorders has announced that production was to be discontinued. “Finally” I hear you sigh! The technology has been around since 1976, and could have been considered obsolete as early as 1996, when the... Read More
15-07-2016
The Banana Book was half completed when I started wondering how to render it. At that point, and mainly by default, I had used Microsoft Word for text entry, because it is versatile and convenient, and because it includes a... Read More
06-07-2016
Code has become fashionable again. The Agile movement goes so far as claiming that it is the sole deliverable of any value. I could agree to an extent, but to an extent only, and that’s the whole point: such simplistic... Read More
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