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Yes, totally agree with this-- I perhaps should have emphasized that my point is to code the shortest path thru the hardest problem . If somehow you just code around the hard part …

Hi! Yes I couldn't find a better source, here's excerpting from the book-- "We once undertook a complex client-server database marketing project. Part of its requirement was the ab…

Yeah 100%. I'm not suggesting land technical debt, it's more about the approach to solving the problem in the early stages while you're still seeking a solution-- don't get bogged …

Great feedback re the risks of physical metaphors! I'd agree a bad one does more harm than good. Lakoff points out that our linguistic conceptions typically compose-- so you can ta…

Will check them out, thanks for the recommendations!

I haven't done anything with Erlang in a while but perhaps these will help: ErlyWeb, a web server/framework: http://code.google.com/p/erlyweb/ ejabberd, a chat server: http://www.e…

None of these are explicitly startup-friendly, but they're all good for doing work at: http://newyork.timeout.com/restaurants-bars/restaurants/6328...

You're saying there's too many? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My-P4LssMsI It seemed appropriate.

Could you link to some? I was thinking about this just the other day, how I'd like to have someone to work through exercises like CodeKata with. Either mentoring or even just peer …

American, been following Brazil since I studied there in college. I am cautiously optimistic about Brazil's prospects, I believe a lot hinges on how quickly they're able to reduce …