Stevey's Google Platforms Rant
Jep, best developer rant, ever!
Making the Right Choice – Agile vs. Waterfall
Good observations about agile vs. waterfall approaches for projects.
Leica Freedom Train
A small documentary explaining the role of Leitz in helping Jews with the “Leica Freedom Train”.
Hadoop for Managers
Good summary for non-technical readers.
Big data analysis with Hadoop MapReduce
Good introduction to MapReduce with Apache Hadoop by Andrew Glover.
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Google Closure: How not to write JavaScript
Kevin Yank writes about observations he made in Googles Closure library. If you are used to Java development and start programming JavaScript, this article is a must-read.
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Need we always write clean code?
“The largest single term in the formula calculating how much your team will produce today is simple as this: the internal quality of the code they wrote yesterday. Only noobs can trade (internal) quality for faster performance.”
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How much time out of your day does IBM waste?
So true.
Have you tried Rational ClearCase, too? Waste of time.
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The Cost of Code
The Clean Coder writes about code being the most important cost driver in IT projects.
I agree but I think it is also important to consider which conclusions to be drawn out of that. In my experience, code quality rules are most important, but at the same time, code generation can be helpful as long as the developer keeps control over the generated code and the code itself is bug free and efficient.
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