“This spec is something more than devs, I tell you. It’s the monster. Devs made it, but they can’t control it.” – with apologies to Steinbeck Ahh, factory-forged random values for fields of unique constraint. How thee vex me with thine probabilistic usefulness and definite indeterminacy. Keep thyselves with ephemeral values of algorithmic parameters and [...]
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In response to Dr Nick’s technological feat, Ajey suggested I take on the much more challenging task of running OS X on a PC. Result!! Also, Mingle 2.0 is released! Another fantastic effort from the ThoughtWorks Studios crew.
Software intelligence has come of age! My colleagues at ThoughtWorks Studios have cracked the automation of the software development process. Compuware, IBM and Borland have been trying for years. MDA is the useless love-child of CASE and UML. It takes true genius to solve this problem: http://studios.thoughtworks.com/mingle-hidden/introducing-mingle-proj-o-matic My erstwhile colleague, Jon Tirsen, now at Google [...]
Naming a framework is like naming a child – you need to be careful because people will find ways to make fun of the name, especially when it becomes surreal in truth. You’re a happy countenance and before you guano it, a tiny dipthong comes along and you’re excrement. That’s good advice, or my name [...]
At a little company dinner last night to welcome our company president to town, we dined at a restaurant serving very nice Chinese and Malaysian food. At the end of the meal, Marijean made sure everyone appended the words “in bed” to their fortune. With much laughter, we went around the two tables. The best [...]
A very funny site: http://www.waterfall2006.com/ Mike Cohn, you’re a comic genius.
From a friend of mine in the spirit of Bastille Day, and dedicated to Dr Jim… Be aware that the French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from Run to Hide. The only two higher levels in France are Surrender and Collaborate. The rise was precipitated by a recent fire [...]
