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http://theprogrammersparadox.blogspot.com/ Nearly 15 years of writing about most aspects of software development. Not really awesome, but it is my attempt to make some sense out of…

Location: Toronto Remote: Yes, preferred right now. Willing to relocate: Maybe, later, at some point. Technologies: Go, Java, C, C#, Unix, Windows, etc. Résumé/CV: https://www.link…

Location: Toronto Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Go, Java, C Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulhomer/ Email: paulwhomer@gmail.com 30 years of experience…

It is mentioned a couple times explicitly, but I think most of the readers for this blog would know that the border line for tractable is polynomial growth. Still, it is an interes…

Yes. Theoretically the algorithm is tractable, but the exponent is so large that it wouldn't be practical to run it in a real environment.

Interesting. The boss gives a very specific set of requirements, then the programmer disobeys this direct order, goes behind his back to do it differently and has essentially been …

Personally I think it is sad. FB tricks people into paying too much, and then some wealthy guy who should have been able to evaluate the offer properly gets fooled, but because he …

And I have a tail-bone, but no tail ...

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The world doesn't need 7 billion programmers, and if people really do want to learn programming then they should learn to do it correctly since the world doesn't need anymore badly…

When I get paid to work I really care that the work I do is worth the money I am paid. That is, if I'm paid for 40 hours, I feel its important to give my employer 40 hours of good …

These were really neat machines. When I worked with them, the dominate language was Pascal and I think they were running a version of X Windows (or at least a similarly powerful wi…

I tried at one point to port some software to Amix, way back when it was released. Mostly the OS was OK, but there were some issues with the floating point handling that stopped th…

A designer breaking the rules will generally enhance their work. A coder violating an architecture will often just create long-term technical debt, at the expense of some short-ter…

Actually it is deeper than that. It's really teaching you how to see... (and then draw what you see).

There are "rules of thumb" which nice people have put together, but they are just a starting point. If you follow the rules pedantically or even closely, the results won't be good.…

Programming and Graphic Design are opposites. Logic, reason and lots of self-discipline makes for good programmers. Art on the other hand is grounded in emotion and perception. It'…

I'm not actually trying to say that programming is the same as typesetting. I just wanted it as an example of a 'profession' that came and went purely because of technology. That's…

The printed book for the project 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know has been released and is now available. This project was a community wide effort to articulate the k…

The stuff I've always liked is usually really obvious. For example, if it's complex tree code, you don't have to spend a lot of time digging into the details; what the code is tryi…

Oddly, good communication is nearly the complete opposite from good code. Your code should be boring, consistent and obvious. It makes it easier to fix that way. Writing should var…

The deformations are there on purpose, I was trying to give it an edgy style, otherwise it just doesn't appeal to the audience I am trying to reach. I fixed the other typos, as the…