Right now i’m at the #jaxcon in Munich. While sitting in a talk, this tweet by @cuchulin caught my attention: #wjax// #jaxcon People seems like java itself: They are getting older and look somehow tired. — erhard karger (@cuchulin) November 8, 2011 I really don’t think that’s Java who’s old and tired, neither as a […]
I’d love to understand what makes people create abominations such as this: if((foo ? !bar : true)) if(!somethingelse) dosomething()if((foo ? !bar : true)) if(!somethingelse) dosomething() I don’t want to judge anyone, the thing actually worked, but i really want to understand why people don’t see that this is crap. I’m really aware of the fact, […]
Wie bereits im letzten Jahr war ich auch dieses Jahr 2 Tage auf der JAX, die dieses Jahr in Mainz statt fand. Nach zahlreichen Konferenzen in den letzten Jahren, u.a. einige DOAGs, werden meine Gefühle bzgl. dieser Veranstaltungen immer gemischter. Ich habe den Eindruck, dass die Schere zwischen guten und schlechten Vorträgen immer größer klafft. […]
The way i organize my data has changed a lot over the last years. Way back in the last millennium i had folders for everything. A folder within a folder within folders. And somewhere buried deep within that, my applications, music, pictures, email and whatnot. Although Apple does the best a company can going from […]
The best software has a vision. The best software takes sides. Make Opinionated Software There’s been a lot of discussion around David Heinemeier Hanssons principle of “opinionated software”. Some people say that “to David, a piece of opinionated software is written in such a way that makes it easy to do things one way and […]