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It’s been quite some time since I’ve had a proper rant, and now that the wedding is over and I have a bit more spare time I thought I’d take the chance to dump some more thoughts about something we all want to know about … stuff!!
Today’s stuff regards issues around work-life balance and what [...]
Which one are you? I’ve had my own thoughts on the differences between what makes a person a developer and what makes a person a programmer for some time, but I think this article at Hacknot bears a striking resemblance - which means I don’t have to write it out myself
A great read, [...]
I’ve been interested in Open Source Software (OSS) for quite some time now but I’ve never really attempted to find out much about it, nor how I can contribute. Of course, being a professional developer, the immediate thought is “I make a living off writing software, so how does that work with Open Source?”.
After reading [...]
As a regular read of Scott Gu’s blog (see blogroll) I often find nuggets of information that are handy for the work that I do, but I also often end up with a few questions
The latest one that fired up a bit of thought was his post on guarding against SQL injection attacks. [...]
I’ve been intending to write about this (and a few other things) for a while now, but due to wedding planning and work I’ve found it hard to find the time. So I’ll take the opportunity while my disk is being defragged to crank out some thoughts.
Individual developers vary in many different ways, but I’ve [...]
I have pondered this question since long before I graduated from University. I’ve worked with a mix of degree-qualified and self-taught people, and I’m still yet to nail the answer.
Being degree-qualified or self-taught both have their pros and cons, but at the end of the day I think that the person who has a good [...]
Productivity. It’s something that all of us, as developers, should be finding ways to increase. I say should because I know of a stack of people out there who don’t. In fact, there’s a surprising amount of people out there who are not only not looking to find ways to increase productivity, they seem to [...]
I was trundling through my usual collection of daily links yesterday morning (before diving into my work), and I stumbled on a link to a recent blog post by a chap called Peter Wright. There are a couple of reasons why this blog post caught my eye.
First of all, during my time in the U.K. [...]
