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Stacks

When I first started playing with computers, stacks were something different to heaps. Later I came to know them as a type of list. Now when someone talks about stacks, they are usually talking about a target development platform. Of course you could change MySQL for PostgreSQL, Zend for Kohana, CodeIgnitor or Cake, JQuery for [...]

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Reinventing the wheel

Re-inventing the wheel This is a glib phrase that describes needless busy work doing something that’s already been done. At one time it was exclusively the language of programmers flaming one another in forums. Even then it was usually a term of abuse. Since then it’s been hi-jacked by many closely related groups. Like many [...]

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Closed Source

If you have 20 developers working for you, then you have a significant resource. A few years ago now, I was on one course or another, that had a management component. Part of it was an exercise – everyone was given the same 20 questions to answer. The questions aren’t important, neither are individual’s scores. [...]

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