Tag Archives: craft

2 TDD Links for Python

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Karl

These two links are good starting points for getting in the habit of TDD with Python: Giv Parvaneh: “Test-Driven Development – How Do I Start?” O’Reilly Media: Jason Diamond: “Test-Driven Development in Python”

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On finding the time to learn

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Karl

Zen and the Art of Programming: Antonio Cangiano, Software Engineer & Technical Evangelist at IBM: “The Pursuit of Excellence in Programming” Related: rc3.org: “Becoming a better programmer takes exercise” Derek Silves: “After 15 years of practice…” Peter Norvig: “Teach Yourself … Continue reading →

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Zed A. Shaw – “the novelty of the complex version makes it seem ‘clean’.”

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Karl

Read Zed A. Shaw in his latest post, “The Wrong Aesthetic”, on a common coding craft error.

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Reads: E.W. Dijkstra: “The Humble Programmer”

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Karl

E.W. Dijkstra ACM Turing Lecture 1972: “The Humble Programmer”: Automatic computers have now been with us for a quarter of a century. They have had a great impact on our society in their capacity of tools, but in that capacity … Continue reading →

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On “finding truth in the world and about ourselves”

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Karl

Is Programming more like ‘art’ then ‘science’? A debate that is continuous, but I know where Richard P. Gabriel stands. In 2003 he wrote the forward to “Successful Lisp: How to Understand and Use Common Lisp,” by David B. Lamkins … Continue reading →

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Educational video on ‘Quants’ and their role in the financial crisis

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Karl

YouTube: “Quants: The Alchemists of Wall Street (Marije Meerman, VPRO Backlight 2010)” Related: “The Modelers’ Hippocratic Oath”: I will never sacrifice reality for elegance without explaining why I have done so….I understand that my work may have enormous effects on … Continue reading →

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Programing Links March 7th, 2009

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Karl

Mike Taylor on Kernighan and Plauger’s “The Elements of Programming Style” (gotta buy and read this) Eli Bendersky: “The server-side Javascript meme” PragPub–March 2010: Jason Huggins: “JavaScript: It’s Not Just for Browsers Any More” “Algorithms are Thoughts, Chainsaws are Tools”, … Continue reading →

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Emma’s first poem

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Karl

My friend Howard Hall is a gifted poet who can coalesce a lot of truth in a few syllables. He’s been featuring among his poems handwritten pieces from others under the tag “secondhand haiku” on his blog (non-breaking space). Emma … Continue reading →

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Some light reading (and research) on non-functional requirements in Agile/Scrum

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Karl

Agile Modeling: Introduction to User Stories Mike Cohn’s Blog: Non-functional Requirements as User Stories aqris: Representing non-functional requirements with user stories wikiwiki: Non Functional Requirements Agile Coaching: Non-Functional Requirements: are user stories useful? Artima: Johan Peeters: Dreams and Nightmares Representing … Continue reading →

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A solution to software maintenance from long ago?

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Karl

Communications of the ACM: You Don’t Know Jack About Software Maintenance: Software maintenance is not like hardware maintenance, which is the return of the item to its original state. Software maintenance involves moving an item away from its original state. … Continue reading →

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