I thought I could teach. I still do. James tells his brothers, “Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.” I don’t have to wait to be judged by others; I judge myself most harshly already. I’m sure, though, that others […]
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Babbage, Charles b.1791 d. 1871, a complicated man for a simple time. Failed Computer Programmer (but I repeat myself) Failed mechanical engineer. Having died, never acheiving a working “difference engine” in his lifetime, and having spent all his father’s money in the attempt, Charles Babbage became the first computer programmer to go over budget and […]
The Developer’s Dictionary
Third Edition By: void static abstractwith some guidance by the late Ambrose Bierce copyright: 2019 No part of this work may be reproduced or copied without the author’s express and written consent. Preface: The Developer’s Dictionary is a far-too-honest lexicographic excursion through the terms and phrases so commonly found in a technologist’s day. It is meant […]
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Abstraction: The extent of generalization necessary to make a square peg look like a round hole. Slight-of-Hand technique used by programmers to fool clients into thinking they understand the problem domain. The recognition that clients will not pay for art, but will pay for a critique of it. Account: Discrete reckoning of monies or values […]
Where Inspiration Goes To Die
Gang of Four (GoF) Kent Beck Ward Cunningham To some they are the Pied Pipers of the design movement in software architecture and development. They are legend. They are the pinnacle of professional achievement. The GoF defined 23 design patterns that are near gospel, if not alpha and omega of the design encyclopedia. It is fundamental […]