Category: General
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Stay away…
Yesterday I found out that my dad was robbed, not in some dark ally or in the dead of night, but in broad daylight, walking through the entrance of a busy shopping mall in Rustenburg, with (useless) “mall guards” and numerous shoppers within meters of him. Thankfully he was not harmed, this time. This is…
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What is code quality ?
So starting the new jobs has given me the opportunity to take a fresh look at software and how it should be approached. One of the questions that I have been pondering on alot is “What is code quality ?” Is it code that’s well documented ? Is it code that follows some sort of…
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Interviews
Having recently been on a round of interviews looking for that ideal job I thought I’d write down some of my thoughts on the whole process of interviewing the interviewer, or, knowing what you’re getting yourself into! As a start let me first say that the word interview, in my opinion, is not the correct…
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Scale your foot where?
Was sent this article, found it hilarious and strangely relevant…“I’m Going To Scale My Foot Up Your Ass“. Makes me wonder why people seem to love to do and say things simply because it makes them look smart. Maybe the same reason people buy expensive flashy bling cars… compensating for something perhaps?
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High Scalability
Read a nice article on “13 Scalability Best Practices” that I found quite relevant and interesting… one would hope a lot of this is common sense but sadly it isn’t…
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Fresh blood
The activity on this blog has been, well, lacking of late, so I’ve decided to expand the list of contributors. This blog will become a multi-contributor blog focused (initially) around Agility in the Software Industry. With that in mind we’re adding a new contributor by the name of Nic, someone I’ve personally worked with and…
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Software Craftsmanship…
Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship I think this is long in the making and something that’s sorely needed in the industry. Too many people are getting away with too much these days. People call themselves “senior developers” but don’t have a clue when it comes to writing well understood and valuable code. Too many people entering…
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Testing…
Found an interesting article on generating test data entitled Testometer – Triangle Test. Here’s a blurb from the site to entice you to go there, give it a whirl, it’s quite good, I managed to score a 7 out of 10: “This is probably one of the most common question in software testing interview. This…
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Retrenched?!
Yes, it seems I’ve been retrenched, not due to the current economic crisis but I think purely because there just isn’t the interest in South Africa (Gauteng specifically) for consultant ScrumMasters, or is there? I have no idea, but based on what I was told (read: sold) I thought they were lining up like kids…