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How Do You Deliver High-Quality Projects and Solutions?

In the past few weeks, I've talked about testing, productivity, and code complexity in your projects. But there are so many more things that matter when you...

0 replies - 4657 views - 10/21/12 by Filip Ekberg in Articles

Knowledge vs Superstition

How much of what we do is based on sound understanding? And how often do we do things without really understanding why? Everything we...

0 replies - 1941 views - 10/21/12 by David Green in Articles

The Startup vs. Big Company Mindset

Paul Graham wrote a great post on startups that is definitely worth reading (in spite of its length). One of the interesting quotes in this text is:...

0 replies - 2332 views - 10/20/12 by Rodrigo De Castro in Articles

Software is the Art of Beautiful Solutions

I see software as an art. Although it can be used simply as a mundane tool to get something to work, that's not what energizes me when working with ...

0 replies - 3430 views - 10/16/12 by Rodrigo De Castro in Articles

10 Things I Never Want to See a Java Developer Do Again

Curator's note: Andy is the CEO of OSI (Open Software Integrators). He's a forward-thinker and exceptional blogger. William F. Buckley, Jr. once said, “A...

48 replies - 47078 views - 10/15/12 by Andrew C. Oliver in Articles

Top 3 Sources of Project Failure: The Problem is not Tool X vs. Tool Y

Let’s face it, I’m a technologist: I will gladly debate with you for hours on the merits of Java vs Scala, SQL vs NoSQL, Google vs Apple or what have...

0 replies - 3636 views - 10/14/12 by Nicolas Frankel in Articles

The Problem with Being Passionate about Technologies

I believe in being a passionate developer, and I appreciate having passionate people on my team and around me. The real problem is being subjective about...

0 replies - 5463 views - 10/13/12 by Anoop Madhusudanan in Articles

This is Why We Need More Women in Technology

This blog post has been in the corners of my mind and nipping at my ankles for a while. Please don't linkbait it, or pick comment fights. This isn't...

11 replies - 11954 views - 10/11/12 by Sara Chipps in Articles

A Developer's Guide to Getting Hired

Finding a job can be difficult, but getting hired comes with a different set of challenges. One suggestion recommends jumping into the process cold with...

1 replies - 8076 views - 10/08/12 by Zac Gery in Articles

How I Join Projects Already in Progress

I want to talk about how I get deep into the new projects that I join, fast. The projects that I’m referring to are those that have been developed on...

12 replies - 3767 views - 10/07/12 by Filip Ekberg in Articles

Back to Basics in Building Next-Gen Java Apps

Java architects have a plethora of options when choosing architectures and components. You have to consider several aspects of the app when deciding on one...

0 replies - 1133 views - 10/05/12 by Mohan Kumar Muddana in Announcements

What? You Don't Spend Most of Your Work Time Coding?!

David Veksler's recent post on less-known truths about programming is great, and I definitely recommend it reading it all the way through. Here, however, I...

1 replies - 11258 views - 10/03/12 by Rodrigo De Castro in Articles

How To Earn Trust When You Are Not Worth It

A major idea of agile software development is that developers use techniques like TDD and Pair Programming together with design...

2 replies - 2662 views - 10/02/12 by Jens Schauder in Articles

Do Programmers Get Bored?

Programmers are people who create computer programs. (I’ll skip the discussion whether it should be...

0 replies - 4303 views - 09/23/12 by Bozhidar Bozhanov in Articles

The Philosophy of it All

I am a person who is all about the philosophy of it...

0 replies - 1934 views - 09/14/12 by Mahdi Yusuf in Articles