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This is refreshing to read, and I don't disagree with you on any of your points. I wish you the best in your career. If I see your name again in a list of resumes someday, I'll put…

In my specific case, TDD; and unit testing as religion in general. I am sure others can make similar arguments against the other two in the types of work they do. My point here is …

"correctness" != "correct". I don't have time for distracting meta-work with questionable efficacy. My prime requisite is to deliver actual value, not dubious internal metrics. One…

x86 and it's ancestors eating the markets of [iAPX 432, Itanium, i860, i960] has taught a lesson in the value of an install-base in the server and desktop market. Let's see if hist…

The web is, at it's heart, a distributed document system with a layer of hacks on top for building applications. You can create pure documents for the web without any code. Documen…

Are you disillusioned with technology, or with the business of technology? In my experience, the term "business" is short for "the business of exploitation". Exploitation is ugly, …

Re. ontology: If that's not it, it's close. Business logic is certainly a reflection of a programmer's understanding of the business, as well as their skill in applying object orie…

I am not aware of a standard (and in depth) definition of what a software architect is; other than it being the next step after team lead, and the last step before pure management …

I'm glad I'm not the only one :D

I am a senior software architect. My job is to balance performance against complexity. If my system is slow, it's my fault. If debugging or expanding the system is too difficult, i…

My guess is, at this scale, it's at least one heist film (more likely a concurrent series of them), with the earmarks of a biblical tragedy providing a smoke screen; starring old w…

I thought I was burning out pretty hard core recently. I went to the dr, did some blood work, and found out I had a serious vitamin D deficiency causing all sorts of scary symptoms…

I'm running a .net exe as a server, on "raw" sockets. For the front end, typescript with 0 dependencies that aren't built into browsers. My own "framework" on both ends, written to…

http://i.stanford.edu/pub/cstr/reports/cs/tr/85/1047/CS-TR-8...

I am working on a custom OO micro-database, which needs to persist to files. I am spending a lot of time solving problems utilizing files that are novel to me; but I am certain hav…

I have a lot of professional experience in this field. If you want some help refining your system through my experience, provide some method for me to contact you directly.

This is an interesting perspective. I am in the complete opposite camp, but I will be thinking about this an questioning my position for the next few days. Thank you for sharing it…

ADHD (at least in my case) makes context switching, and switching back, easy (it's a core symptom, this is the reason we have difficulty focusing). It's rare to hear one of us say …

I have to respectfully disagree with the user that suggested calming music (although it may be great advice for your case, it's terrible for mine). I also disagree with advice that…

Get a prescription for Ritalin. Headphones and Spotify. Volunteer for EVERY nightmare project to keep you engaged. Learn HTML5 canvas. Learn SVG. Learn to make components in whatev…

re: switch to object literal. Run a perf test comparing execution speed on the two strategies. I've had to defend switch like three times this year; there's a reason it exists, it'…

In my mind Technicians translate. Programmers spend memory, organize abstractions and choreograph changes. I think the difference between the nature of programmer and technician wo…

I picked up a Brother AirScouter 300C for similar purposes (assuming you're looking for a display that goes on your face). BHPhoto sells them. HDMI, 720P, USB powered, effective bi…

I strongly believe consumers are blissfully unaware of how complex software can be (and what software is by nature more complex than what other software). It's not only a problem w…

That is a sexy idea. I feel bad that my second thought was "but likely has no commercial application". Now I wonder when I got old... I'll be writing an audio engine in the next fe…